Example Sentences

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Ambassador Zhang Jun said of such countries: "They have been flinging them about left, right, and center in a frenzy, so much so that they seem to be addicted."

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2022

One major feature of the Ford-class carriers will be the absence of steam-powered catapults that have been flinging fighters off carriers for decades.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2021