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Recent Examples of gravity In 2024, fifth-generation F-35 fighters began carrying the modern B61-12 gravity bomb for regional deterrence in Europe. Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 For their part, the American people understand the gravity of the threat posed by a nuclear armed Iran, making Trump’s decision the correct political one, in addition to being correct on moral, security, and geopolitical grounds. Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 23 June 2025 Riding under the mirrors is a system that autocorrects the tiny imperfections that gravity secretly imposes on tons of ultra-stiff, honeycombed glass. Michael Jones McKean, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025 Using an orbital gravity assist from the planet Venus, the Solar Orbiter mission spacecraft was able to maneuver into an orbit that has taken it to an angle 17 degrees below the Sun’s equator. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for gravity

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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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