catapults

present tense third-person singular of catapult

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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
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Verb
  • Mahomes set the tone for Worthy with their deep 37-yard connection early, but the two vintage Mahomes throws came later — a fade in the second quarter to Travis Kelce and his fourth and final touchdown to Hollywood Brown in the fourth quarter.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Prescott completed 12 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown on those 14 throws under pressure.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Trump has repeatedly targeted Schiff and routinely hurls insults at the lawmaker, who was a central figure in his first impeachment.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The remainder of the first half, Weaver (a UTEP pledge) connected on TD tosses of 30 yards to Gabriel Bess, 17 yards to Lucas Sunwall and a two-yarder to Blake Wendler.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Up next is Carol, 63, who tosses him a baseball.
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 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 2 Oct. 2025.

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