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Fernando, Osmin and their two younger brothers spent their free time shooting slingshots and riding ATVs around acres of dirt roads and fields that belonged to the company where their parents worked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

After the spacecraft slingshots past the Moon, the astronauts begin their four-day journey home, drawn back with the help of the Earth's gravity.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Doreck’s Joe, the show’s secret weapon, slingshots across the stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

It slingshots from the Pacific Northwest toward southern California over the next several days.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren’t enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman