catapults

present tense third-person singular of catapult

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of catapults While the Packers were likely seen as a playoff contender, the addition of Parsons now catapults them into a new category. Eduardo Razo, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catapults
Verb
  • Very talented, throws the ball super fast.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sam is such an intense actor and throws himself in.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The collision hurls Keevik toward me, nearly tossing me into the water.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Jupiter’s gravitational pull also hurls enormous rocks around within the asteroid belt.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When the Linguina Monograno all’Astice arrives, there are oohs and aahs as a waiter tosses the pasta in front of guests and finishes with a sprinkling of zest from a cedro, a large Italian citrus.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The second of those four TD tosses was the 250th of Mahomes’ career, and no quarterback in NFL history had reached that milestone in fewer games.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There also were nights at the Playboy mansion and flings with men while high.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Catapults.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catapults. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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