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Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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And then, Super Heavy… One day later, SpaceX fired up 33 engines on the Super Heavy booster that will send Starship V3 skyward.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
That year, the revolution in Iran sent oil prices skyward again.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Then, after DeBrusk redirected the puck skyward from the slot for a go-ahead goal, Douglas would exchange blows with Jeffrey Viel.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Dancers are strewn about the stage on their backs, bent legs pointed skyward in a quasi-rigor mortis.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
That year, the revolution in Iran sent oil prices skyward again.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Then, after DeBrusk redirected the puck skyward from the slot for a go-ahead goal, Douglas would exchange blows with Jeffrey Viel.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Dancers are strewn about the stage on their backs, bent legs pointed skyward in a quasi-rigor mortis.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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skyward
adverb
sky·ward
ˈskī-wərd 
1
: toward the sky
gaze skyward
2
: to a higher level
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