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Recent Examples of launcher
At one point during the event, Ashby took to the stage with KPop Demon Hunters' own Rei Ami, unveiling a cannon launcher that the pair then used to fire Labubus into the crowd as projectiles.
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Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Agents drove into the parking lots of a Menards and a Food For Less, and pulled over at Cicero and Roosevelt with zip-ties ready at their hips, holding what appeared to be a pepper bullet launcher.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Police deployed a a pepper-ball launcher, which resulted in the man dropping his weapon, allowing officers to take him into custody, according to Hanegraaf.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
In recent years, there's been a big push to reduce space debris by setting up tracking systems, improving spacecraft and launcher designs, and setting up protocols so that defunct satellites are properly decommissioned before being orbited or sent into a graveyard orbit.
—David Szondy
october 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Agents drove into the parking lots of a Menards and a Food For Less, and pulled over at Cicero and Roosevelt with zip-ties ready at their hips, holding what appeared to be a pepper bullet launcher.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Police deployed a a pepper-ball launcher, which resulted in the man dropping his weapon, allowing officers to take him into custody, according to Hanegraaf.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
In recent years, there's been a big push to reduce space debris by setting up tracking systems, improving spacecraft and launcher designs, and setting up protocols so that defunct satellites are properly decommissioned before being orbited or sent into a graveyard orbit.
—David Szondy
october 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for launcher
Noun
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Do not use generators or grills inside.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Generac — The power generator maker rose 2% following an upgrade to buy from neutral at Citi.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Police said the adult male driver has been detained pending further investigation.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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The driver that struck Riddles has not been charged with any crimes for the crash, which happened as Riddles tried to cross the road in an area that wasn't marked with a crosswalk.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rubio, at fifty-four, is the policy’s unlikely executor.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Panish Shea & Boyle LLP of Los Angeles filed the lawsuit against Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn in their capacities as executors of the estate of Jeffrey Epstein and individual Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Police added that Lattimore was arrested for not telling the officer there was a gun inside the vehicle when asked.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Police located a vehicle description and license plate associated with him from a previous call for service.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pittman’s father contacted the FBI Saturday and told the agency his son had confessed to setting the building on fire, says the complaint.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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The agency framed the waiver as a security measure rather than a consumer restriction.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Does being back on Broadway trigger any nostalgia at how your life and career have changed since Virginia Woolf?—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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Alcohol can dehydrate the skin and trigger inflammation.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Analysts say that the financial stock lacks positive catalysts heading into 2026.—
Morgan Chittum,Jeff Marks,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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Battier, who remains in the Heat organization with the title of strategic advisor, proved to be a catalyst to the Heat’s 2012 and ’13 championship teams, as a supporting player to the Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Launcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/launcher. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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