moon shot
- a variation of moonshot.
Example Sentences
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Imagine “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” with automatic weapons, or “The Honeymooners” with an actual moon shot, and you’ll still be underestimating the domestic rancor of the horror-comedy “Over Your Dead Body.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Artificial intelligence could cure cancer. That could be a moon shot for our age, and that's how we'll keep delivering for our people," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
A moon shot to make Southern California an international leader in the “blue economy” is taking shape in San Pedro as a $30-million renovation of three historic waterfront warehouses nears completion.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2024
But now the race is on for what people who grow and sell fruits and vegetables are calling a moon shot: breaking plastic’s stranglehold on produce.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
The moon shot out from behind a cloud, and there she was in the field, brandishing a cane, her white hair blowing in the wind.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
