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Recent Examples of liftoff
And unlike the last several missions that ended prematurely due to technical problems, SpaceX returned Starship to Earth with a landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean, west of Australia, a little over an hour after liftoff, a critical milestone for the company.
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Flights 7, 8 and 9 ended in failure after liftoff earlier this year, and another rocket exploded on a test stand in June.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The July 21 attempt aborted with just under 15 seconds on the clock ahead of a 5:27 p.m. liftoff attempt.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Ground crews then rolled the ship back to a nearby hangar for engine inspections, touchups to its heat shield, and a handful of other chores to ready it for liftoff.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Flights 7, 8 and 9 ended in failure after liftoff earlier this year, and another rocket exploded on a test stand in June.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The July 21 attempt aborted with just under 15 seconds on the clock ahead of a 5:27 p.m. liftoff attempt.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Ground crews then rolled the ship back to a nearby hangar for engine inspections, touchups to its heat shield, and a handful of other chores to ready it for liftoff.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liftoff
Noun
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Blue-collar YouTuber In Southern California, 19-year-old HVAC technician Itzcoatl Aguilar is still on the launch pad.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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In the 1990s, both Kuwait and the UAE bought hundreds of Russian BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles and BM-30 Smerch multiple launch rocket systems to augment their respective land forces.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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All but one of the 242 people on board Air India Flight 171 on June 12 were killed when the Boeing Dreamliner, bound for London, crashed seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The strike occurred during takeoff, FedEx officials confirmed.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Liftoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liftoff. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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