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Recent Examples of launcher
The same drone, which Tkachenko said has saved hundreds of lives, can also be adapted to mount a 40-mm grenade launcher, which can be controlled from a bunker miles from the battlefield.
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Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Yeah, there’s a difference between the missiles and the missile launchers.
—NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Instead of plopping down a shipping container to create an instant cafe, the company used a 10-ft standard container to house a compact GRIZZLY launcher and fire a Hellfire missile.
—David Szondy
march 25, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
The second half of The Delta Force is good old-fashioned mayhem: bullets and explosions and Norris riding a heavily armed motorbike outfitted with mini machine guns and rocket launchers, a military vehicle Delta Force did not use decades later during its famed raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
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Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Yeah, there’s a difference between the missiles and the missile launchers.
—NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Instead of plopping down a shipping container to create an instant cafe, the company used a 10-ft standard container to house a compact GRIZZLY launcher and fire a Hellfire missile.
—David Szondy
march 25, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
The second half of The Delta Force is good old-fashioned mayhem: bullets and explosions and Norris riding a heavily armed motorbike outfitted with mini machine guns and rocket launchers, a military vehicle Delta Force did not use decades later during its famed raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for launcher
Noun
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Now the United States gets no electricity from oil — aside from a few generators in, say, the far reaches of Alaska.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Now the United States gets no electricity from oil — aside from a few generators in, say, the far reaches of Alaska.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Police said in both incidents, two suspects approached the delivery driver and attempted to pay for the food with counterfeit money.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Drive Clean Indiana Executive Director Carl Lisek said the average age of a truck driver is 61.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Why Bruno Mars is a musical unicorn To wax rhapsodic about Mars as an executor of charm is commonplace.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Recently, Paris, 28, has been absent from events promoting Michael — produced by co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate, John Branca and John McClain — due to her desire to distance herself from the project.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The activator transforms the silicon and aluminum into a structure that will look like cement.—
Alcina Johnson Sudagar,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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The process is repeated for strength and opacity before the nail is sealed with activator and a glossy topcoat.—
Georgia Day,
Vogue,
24 Nov. 2025
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Based out of Fort Lauderdale, Brown travels east to west every week in his 18-wheeler, often driving up to 11-hour shifts and eating in his vehicle to stay on schedule.—
David Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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In America, more than five thousand people are killed each year in accidents involving large trucks, and the victims tend to be occupants of smaller vehicles.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The agency added that even a small amount of exposure to lead paint can harm adults.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The legal grey area has apparently even made Frontex, the EU border control agency, uncomfortable.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Even emotions can be a trigger.—
Dr. Andrew Garner,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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The trigger for the entertainment ban was a South Korean decision to allow the United States to deploy an anti-missile system on its soil.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Ahead of the Whitney Museum’s 2015 retrospective for Frank Stella—the museum’s first career-spanning survey for any artist at its new downtown building—dealers and advisers were already treating the exhibition as a market catalyst.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Why were those memories for Tabitha and Jade the catalyst for the Man in Yellow’s arrival?—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Launcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/launcher. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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