| 单词 | slingshot |
| 例句 | Mom and Dad would give us a bag of marbles or a doll or a slingshot that had been marked way down in an after-Christmas sale. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And Mutto had something new with him this day: a slingshot. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The man pointed at a table that had on top of it three fancy slingshots. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I could have slain this one with a slingshot, with a rock or stick—with a folded newspaper, I’d almost bet—and all it wanted was a drink of water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The boy shooked his spear at the slingshot lady, but ’stead of being angry, the look on his face made it seem he was afeared. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She dropped her slingshot and walked out of the tent. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My little slingshot didn’t even bruise his forehead. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The slingshot lady didn’t look too happy ’bout doing this but she chomped her teeth on her cigar and stood next to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Then he took his slingshot from the porch and walked up toward the brush line to try to kill a bird. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I feel like someone took a slingshot and shot me high into the air, and now I'm waving my arms and trying to find a soft place to land. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z "I found these caught in the folds of your clothes and figured you might want them for your slingshot or something." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Bubber had put his slingshot in his pocket and now he played with the rifle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Rani pulls her slingshot and stones out of her waist pouch. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Shomari moved first, reaching for the slingshot hooked to his belt loop, but with surprising speed, Father Olufemi blocked his hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So I'm left with my homemade weapons, PVC pipe slingshots, and other trinkets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Lee Strunk carried a slingshot; a weapon of last resort, he called it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Matthew Creighton, standing concealed among the trees, had heard Jethro explaining a new slingshot to someone very real to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The children of these families wouldn’t look at us, and they jumped at the sound of chopping wood or as stones landed on the tin roofs flung by children hunting birds with slingshots. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Why do I feel like I’m about to be flung into the air by a slingshot again? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Kate had mentioned losing a few things in the water last night, but she’d said nothing about the marbles and slingshot. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I was as good as he with both slingshots and painstakingly constructed bows and arrows, with which I could drop birds in flight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But what is a slingshot against a 220-pound male with a sword? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He put the killer wasp in it like a slingshot and pulled back so far I thought it would snap in half. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It reminded me of a town where I had lived in Mexico, where boys used to stun birds with slingshots, tie strings to their legs, and, when they revived, fly them tethered like kites. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His right eye had been completely gouged out by a stone from a slingshot. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm piecing together a makeshift slingshot out of old PVC pipes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Hassan was trying to tuck the slingshot in his waist with a pair of trembling hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski's sixth graders were David versus the eighth grade Goliath, and the kids with the slingshots knew how to use them. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Blocking Hassan’s way out of the alley were three boys, the same three from that day on the hill, the day after Daoud Khan’s coup, when Hassan had saved us with his slingshot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Alec took it straight up until it cleared the walls of the canyon, then sent it hurtling forward like it had been launched from a slingshot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The sight of blood made me queasy, and I couldn’t tolerate authority, and I didn’t know a rifle from a slingshot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I walk down the street with Amá, guys whistle and honk, which makes me wish I carried a slingshot. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagined pulling back my hand, taut like a slingshot, and then launching the hard-shelled bombs at my rival. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I fit another bullet to my slingshot and point it in the Girl's direction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She turned the slingshot out at all of us in the crowd and commenced firing over our heads, putting out all the candles that runged ’round the tent! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z At least David had a slingshot to battle Goliath. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She pulled one of Enoch’s cheesecloths from her coat and quickly tied it around a stone plucked from the ground, making a kind of slingshot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And on the way he found the perfect slingshot stone, round and slightly flattened and heavy enough to carry through the air. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He preferred shooting his slingshot with his friends. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She can hit the target every time with a slingshot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I fit one of them into my makeshift slingshot. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Only just last Tuesday Flossie was thrown from a horse that had apparently been stung in the flank by a ball bearing or BB fired from an unseen slingshot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man turned the slingshot lady so’s she was facing the board with the holes in it di-rect. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I fit the last bullet into my slingshot and point it straight at her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Lee Strunk carried his slingshot; ammo, he claimed, would never be a problem. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Rani still has her slingshot and shoots some fruit down for us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren’t enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Pulling back out of view, Kate eased her slingshot from her bucket, snugged a marble into it, then peeked around the corner again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Madame Sabbar raised the slingshot and fired the next grape so straight that it catched Jimmy, who hadn’t had no chance atall to bend his face down, right twixt his eyes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Culture is a slingshot moved by the force of its past. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A minute later Matt heard Raul’s voice say, “One of these days I’m going to bring a slingshot.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe even on the porch roof itself, with stones, slingshots. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And there was the arsenal of course: guns, pistols, shotguns, slingshots, knives, and swords, It’s no wonder kids grow up to be killers with all that rehearsal. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Not a slingshot, the forked stick with an elastic band attached to it, but the powerful sling with which David killed Goliath. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you got rid of the marbles and the slingshot on purpose, Kate?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They carry slingshots, fashion spears, rehearse ambushes from behind snowbanks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Traffic was at a standstill as the two gangs went at each other with every type of weapon imaginable: tomahawks, machetes, bottles, rocks, daggers, slingshots, crowbars. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I don’t even get a sword or a spear or a magical slingshot?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Next to the slingshots were little piles of things I figured the woman was gonna shoot. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Apart from the food, Rue has a small water skin, a homemade slingshot, and an extra pair of socks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z David even found a pair of Mom’s tights and made a slingshot. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Or whack out the local pets with my trusty slingshot or whatever—except I never had a slingshot, it was Grim who had one when he was my age. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z We carried slingshots that we used *Sneakers. to stone birds and chase the monkeys that tried to cross the main dirt road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then I launched it with a slingshot through the window of our local police headquarters. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He catches the grasshoppers we throw in his box by whipping out his tongue like a slingshot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The man said, “Please, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, help me welcome Madame Sabbar, and perhaps she will show us her dexterity with these deadly slingshots.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I rode horses and shot birds with slingshots and found boys to joust with, and some nights I danced the evening away to the beautiful singing and clapping of Thembu maidens. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z David killed him dead with a slingshot, a stone in his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You can see this blurry little miniature Grim with no front teeth, grinning at the camera and yanking back on this prehistoric slingshot. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Fabulous jeeps! Fabulous army! Too bad you’re losing to a bunch of peasants firing slingshots!” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Rue's pack holds my sleeping bag, her nearly empty water skin, a handful of nuts and roots, a bit of rabbit, her extra socks, and her slingshot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then I point the slingshot at one of the soldiers holding John, pull back as far as I can, and fire. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z To those weapons, Atahuallpa’s troops, without animals on which to ride into battle, could oppose only stone, bronze, or wooden clubs, maces, and hand axes, plus slingshots and quilted armor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Preacher, Sir Charles, and the other white man started walking toward the slingshot lady’s tent with me trailing behind. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Occasionally, one member of a double-star system explodes, breaking the gravitational shackles that bound its companion, which then leaps into space at its former orbital velocity, a slingshot in the sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Swallow it, maybe, or use Lee Strunk’s slingshot, or just drop it along the trail. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny amount of clapping came out the crowd and Madame Sabbar picked up one of the slingshots and one of the marbles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I tuck my slingshot away and play a few rounds of Rock, Paper, Scissors with Tess. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then he went on and on about how Gus taught him how to make a slingshot and how sometimes Bertha sells bread-and-butter pickles by the side of the road in the summer. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I was in the middle row of the Tomahawk formation, slingshot in hand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good slingshot, with store-bought rubbers, but while Jody had often shot at birds, he had never hit one. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The clockwork plot slingshots these characters toward an encounter that is, well, explosive. New in crime fiction: Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, more 2010-10-06T23:16:00Z She might swerve into detailed exposition of past events, but she quickly slingshots back to her more whimsical, inspired musings. World class: Remembering legendary travel writer Jan Morris 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Riseborough pioneered a risky new tactic that other would-be contenders could use to slingshot themselves back into viability. The Oscars’ Andrea Riseborough Controversy, Thoroughly Explained 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Participants also learn survival skills like archery, camouflage, fire-building, how to use a slingshot and how to walk quietly in the forest. North Carolina gets ready for 'Hunger Games' fans 2012-03-21T16:09:14Z Tobin Sprout plays a slingshot guitar solo full of the gusto and risk of a bunch of hotel hermits taking to the real world. New Guided by Voices, English Little League, is Exhaustive, Awesome 2013-05-03T11:00:15Z “I prefer the precision of my wooden tools to modern equipment,” Mr. Rizzetto, 65, said as he polished a diamond-set bracelet with a handheld tool resembling a slingshot. Creating Golden Opportunities Amid Austerity 2012-11-27T15:59:55Z And the suppressed tension acts like the winding back of a slingshot, which about halfway through the novel suddenly rockets forward, propelling the story through scenes of genuine fear to its moving, pitch-perfect ending. What Happens to Siblings Who Survive a House of Horrors? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “They’ve pitted themselves against newspapers in a David-and-Goliath battle in which newspapers don’t have a stone to throw much less a slingshot to put it in,” Kennedy said in a statement. Perspective | Google and Facebook sucked profits from newspapers. Publishers are finally resisting. 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In her studio, she stood by “Tilted Channel,” a two-armed shape made from powder-coated cast iron, while a reporter guessed what it was: a slingshot? Porcelain Finds Its Outside Voice 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z I flew into a tiny slingshot of an airport in the only sizable town, Kirkwall. Scotland’s Orkney Islands: remote rewards far from the maddening crowds 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z After three complementary albums with a consistent sound, “Honey” is a shift — both a glance back at the history of pop and a slingshot into the future. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The next day, I was confident enough to try the fabled “va et vient” or “slingshot” lift that drags standing skiers up to extreme terrain. How a 40-year-old beginning skier learned to take on black diamond runs 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It took many minutes of dedicated page-turning to convince them that I was not about to do something truly interesting, like firing birds from a slingshot or making the elements of the periodic table spin. Motherlode Blog: Putting Down the iPad So My Kids Can See Me Read 2011-10-12T16:43:52Z “The Angry Birds Movie 2”, like the first installment in the franchise, is based on a Rovio video game where players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds’ eggs. 'Angry Birds' fly to Cannes for movie sequel 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The premise of Angry Birds is simple: Players launch birds across the screen with a slingshot, judging the trajectory of flight and altering the force and initial direction accordingly. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z And then the book slingshots into the future. Mac Barnett Reviews Picture Books About Time and Space 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z She laughs, and you can hear the elasticity of her vocal cords—the suppleness of a slingshot ready to lob a High C into the dress circle at any moment. Soprano He Hui Is Blazing a Trail for China's Opera Singers 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z This season will determine whether they are Sancho Panza and Don Quixote tilting at windmills or Davids with an increasingly targeted slingshot. Who Are You Wearing and Where Did They Donate? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z When it comes to getting to know yourself, it seems, there’s no beating lots of quiet time with a 500-year-old hunk holding a slingshot. | 'Restoration': Claudia Shear at New York Theater Workshop 2010-05-20T02:25:00Z Consider them so many slingshots employed against the corporate Goliaths. Farmers? sand-frac nightmare 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z The result looked like a slingshot but was actually more like a noose. Leaping Caimans and Tasty Piranha in the Wild Amazon 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Jones picks up that phrase, “people like us,” like a boy who’s found an abandoned slingshot, and runs rather far with it. Books of The Times: Get Your Bling and Adidas Tracksuit, Wayne, a British Class War Is Raging 2011-07-12T20:59:50Z In one of the most memorable sections two men slingshot their fellows onto the floor, where they run rapidly backward in intersecting arcs, limbs furiously pumping. Dance Review: Brazilian Street Meets the Stage 2010-02-23T23:27:00Z Our story, which featured some incredibly bad slingshot marksmanship and a near-death experience involving quicksand-like mud, appears here, along with some pretty embarrassing photographs. ArtsBeat: Take One Critic, Add Mud, Mix 2012-06-22T14:19:25Z Let's make a slingshot out of a wishbone. Actress Amy Sedaris on Crafts and Her New Book 'Simple Times' 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z When Deputy Barney Fife wasn't arresting someone for jaywalking, little Opie was accidentally killing a bird with his slingshot and earnestly dealing with the moral fallout. Andy Griffith evoked, stylized small-town America 2012-07-04T10:01:04Z A small gang of them chased me to our room that night, and only scampered away when a hotel worker rushed to my rescue, pinging them with a slingshot. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Just like we believe Elon Musk will make Twitter better, create self-driving cars that don't kill people, and slingshot humanity to Mars. Ready to reinvest in "Succession"? Skim the Roys' portfolio to get up to speed in time for Season 4 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z But now, the irony is that "Jury Duty" has sort of put me in a slingshot and at least for now. James Marsden loves playing his "Jury Duty" alter ego, a narcissistic jerk who's "off his rocker" 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The novel nods to our current political climate, yet the characters slingshot through history to understand their own narratives. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The result is an absolute delight, the kind of happiness that sometimes slingshots out of despair with such force you can’t help but cheer, amazed. Review | Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers’ delivers pure joy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z It shows a beleaguered-looking Ms. Maines, in bed wearing an American flag T-shirt and holding a slingshot. Two Dixie Chicks Form Court Yard Hounds 2010-04-24T02:45:00Z In one of the inn’s rooms, an intimate arrangement on a bedside table includes a photo of Elizabeth with a hand-carved slingshot leaning against it. How acclaimed Chicago chef Iliana Regan found her bliss in the woods 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Children shot and killed exotic birds with slingshots “just for something to do,” he said. The Inescapable Poet of Nicaragua 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z They’re light, compact and can be used as a canteen, fire starter, elastic band, slingshot, fishing bobber or signaling device. 9 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Perry, Hartley and Chanel DaSilva are a marvel as they lob and lift one another in turn, flinging their center of gravity around like it's coming out of a slingshot. Review: Trey McIntyre Project is physical and precise; witty and intricate 2010-03-19T16:44:00Z Their purpose seems clear: defensively sited on the northern slopes of the downs, the better to aim slingshots at enemies, and with space inside for an entire village to shelter. Strolling the ancient hillforts of southern England 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z He also collected dozens of diddley bows, the one-stringed instrument of West African origin heard in old Southern blues recordings, handmade slingshots and toy plows, antique kimonos and Plains Indian rawhide pouches called parfleches. Art: Jim Linderman Collects It All, Vintage Sleaze to Baptism Photos 2012-02-12T15:28:58Z She also packs downtime items, such as a journal, kite, slingshot or deck of tarot cards. How to take an overnight trip with your two-wheeled vehicle 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Scout used a slingshot to keep the boys in line and her curiosity to pose tough questions. A ‘Mockingbird’ Reopens in Alabama, and Drama Plays Out 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Yet the characters slingshot back and forth through history to understand the people in power, their own narratives and the construction of their own mysteries and power. A Novel of Jamaica Brimming With Magic, Passion and History 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z If there’s any solace in seeing Fredo become a political slingshot ball, it’s that Cazale’s portrayal is indelible enough to merit the attention. Respect for Fredo, a Character Who Is So Much More Than a Political Insult 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Yes, I think a promising relationship with a girl ends because he shoots some larks with his slingshot on her parents’ estate and cooks them. “We’ve become a food culture” 2012-11-19T12:45:00Z The slingshot challenge was also a lesson in the kind of thought that goes into creating the course. Television: TNT’s ‘Great Escape’ Is Reality TV: Journalists Try It Out 2012-06-22T12:00:00Z It’s a little like looking at the wrong end of a loaded slingshot. A Less Anxious Edvard Munch 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z That Ms. Minaj used this conflict as a staging ground for something like this reveals the true lesson of this battle: A slingshot can do damage, but not to someone in a tank. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Strikes Back, and Fleet Foxes Return With a Folky Epic 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z This week’s exhibition shows slight traces of that impulse: It devotes considerable attention to the artistry of recent Guatemalan slingshots, but little to Maya warfare and none to bloodletting and human sacrifice. Critic’s Notebook: Maya Treasures Visit Los Angeles to Help Build a Musuem 2014-01-17T22:54:32Z As if on cue, Tal takes aim at a nearby tree with a crude slingshot, using chestnuts as ammunition, and then attempts to vanquish an imaginary foe with a bow and arrow made from branches. T Magazine: Le Shack 2011-08-19T14:30:50Z This assist is expected to slingshot the probe back out to the main asteroid belt, where it will study the asteroid Donaldjohanson in 2025. ‘Dinky’ Asteroid Is Three Space Rocks, Not Two, NASA Flyby Finds 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Back then, he used the slingshot effect of the draft down the long starting straight to whip to the outside and pass two cars. Red Bull’s Verstappen dominates F1s Mexico City Grand Prix for season record 16th win 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z He used the force of the last-lap collision to slingshot his way past five cars and steal the fourth and final spot in the championship-deciding finale. Ross Chastain crashes out at Talladega. His Cup Series championship hopes now hinge on The Roval 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z After the spacecraft orbited the Earth for more than a week, it was sent into the translunar orbit on Tuesday through a slingshot manoeuvre. Chandrayaan-3: Historic India mission enters Moon orbit, aiming for south pole 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z A candidate must win early to gather the momentum needed to slingshot into the nationwide campaigning that commences as soon as voters in the leadoff contests have their say. Column: Here's why California will be the 2024 presidential kingmaker. Just kidding 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z The Singularity is a slingshot into the future. Silicon Valley Confronts the Idea That the ‘Singularity’ Is Here 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z It will first make its way toward Venus, where the planet’s gravitational pull will slingshot it back past the Earth and then Mars. UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life’s origins 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z He took advantage of his improved position to slingshot around Ericsson on the restart and hold him off from there. Josef Newgarden wins his first Indy 500, gives Roger Penske his 19th victory 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Authorities said the girl’s brother, 13, hit the alleged attacker in the head and chest using a slingshot. Michigan boy uses a slingshot to save his sister from being abducted from backyard, police say 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z There were T-shirts: “Fight the Boss, Build the Union,” depicting a muscular woman wielding a slingshot. How a stripper, a barista and an electrician ended up at a 'Troublemakers School' for L.A. labor activists 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z At R&D Baseball Academy in Herndon, he honed his technique, gained 50 pounds and turned his slingshot of an arm into a cannon. Bryce Eldridge is a two-way star. Ohtani comparisons have followed. 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z “It’s just really exciting, the future of women’s hockey, because I feel like it’s really untapped, and we’re at this place where it’s going to slingshot forward.” Centralized league is solution to closing women’s hockey gap 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z In October 2017 astronomers first spotted the object by chance as it passed through the inner solar system on a slingshot trajectory around the sun that would send it soaring back out to interstellar space. Was ’Oumuamua, the First Known Interstellar Object, Less Weird Than We Thought? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Authorities also said the teenager had visible wounds from the slingshot. Michigan boy uses a slingshot to save his sister from being abducted from backyard, police say 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z In those first months, protesters fought soldiers and the police with slingshots and air guns made with plastic pipe. In Myanmar, Atrocities Rise as Army Comes Under Pressure 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z It slingshots from the Pacific Northwest toward southern California over the next several days. Major storm encases northern U.S. in snow and ice 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “He kind of covers it and lets the blade almost slingshot it,” Carlson said. Ovechkin Chasing Gretzky: Assisting Ovi on goals is an art 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Over the last month, some protests have been peaceful; in other cases marchers have used slingshots to fling rocks, set up roadblocks on vital highways, burned government buildings and taken over airports. Death Toll in Peru Rises to 46 Amid Extraordinary Violence 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The police accused them of planning to commit violence at demonstrations, showing reporters weapons like slingshots and machetes confiscated from protesters, though the protesters said these were planted. As Peru’s Unrest Chases Away Visitors, Many in Tourism Fear for Their Livelihood 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Other videos from the day show protesters throwing rocks and perhaps using slingshots. In Heart of Peru’s Protest, a Pause to Mourn the Dead 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Its right wing caught the ground, launching the mechanic into the air “like a stone flung from a slingshot,” with horrific results. Review | A thrilling cross-country race that helped spawn modern aviation 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Orion entered DRO on Friday after having performed a slingshot around the moon on its closest approach last week, coming in about 81 miles from the surface. Orion nears farthest distance from Earth on Artemis I mission 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z “We know exactly what our slingshot is and we’ve got to be ready to attack that across different games now because, as I say, the cover’s off from Canada,” Herdman said. Herdman’s inspiration try at World Cup, provokes Croatia 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Orion needed to slingshot around the moon to pick up enough speed to enter the sweeping, lopsided lunar orbit. NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z "Let's use this to slingshot women's rugby into another dimension," said Abbie Ward, one of the leaders of the usually potent line-out. Epic final takes women's rugby to new dimension 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Attendees can enjoy more than 50 varieties of pumpkins, gourds and squash, a pumpkin slingshot, farm animals, a gift shop, candy store, caramel popcorn and apples, a corn maze and more. What to do in Seattle this week: Pumpkin patches, family-friendly fall fun 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Natural processes, such as stellar explosions or gravitational slingshot near black hole pairs, could launch objects to similar speeds. Physicist Avi Loeb: UFOs over Ukraine are not as weird as they seem 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z His slingshot right arm and long, golden mullet hairstyle has been little more than a Texas tease so far. Texas and Oklahoma enter rivalry week with QB questions 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z They felt as if they had uncovered their slingshot: more homework. Spalding shows out against Gonzaga; coaches address fight at D.C. game 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z This is a place where stars slingshot around apparently empty space at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light. The First Milky Way Black Hole Image Lets Scientists Test Physics 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z “The FTC is up against some of the most powerful and profitable giants in the world, and it’s literally armed with a slingshot against a nuclear power.” Twitter whistleblower exposes limits of FTC’s power 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z “We’ve been fighting the David and Goliath fight with slingshot,” she said. At 75, the Father of Environmental Justice Meets the Moment 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z After the Longhorns went 5-7, the door was open for the raw talent with a slingshot right arm to head back to his home state. Ewers’ QB debut at Texas included touchdowns, towed car 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Gravitational interactions between planets in the chaotic early solar system can also cause planets to slingshot inward from large distances. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Gableman was also slated to appear at a late Monday afternoon “Vos Tossing Slingshot Contest” with Steen, whose campaign said a “puppet representation” of Vos would be shot across a field using a bungee slingshot. Kleefisch downplays Trump endorsement on final swing 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z They plan to slingshot the Ankler into a more ambitious media business. Two new Hollywood newsletters are betting they've got the town covered 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Even David needed a slingshot and plenty of rocks to defeat Goliath. As a Ukrainian American, I have seen firsthand why Putin must be stopped 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The mission concept study decisively settles one engineering question: whether to launch the probe toward the Sun and use its enormous gravity as a slingshot, an idea called the Oberth maneuver. ‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The answer was to use Jupiter’s gravity to slingshot the spacecraft toward Pluto. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Before President Obama visited in 2015, men with slingshots tried to frighten the monkeys off by shrieking and barking. A Marauding Monkey Was Killed in Japan. Others Will Take Its Place. 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z But David — aka the Republic — will show up, slingshot in hand, just the same. Why Galaxy can't take hungry Sacramento Republic lightly in U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Goliath has his spear and big shield raised, while David has loaded his slingshot and is waving a distracting cloak in his opponent’s face. Review: A small but strong display of ancient agitprop from Persia comes to the Getty Villa 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The jitters returned the next morning as the women waited for their turn to smoke 5-MeO-DMT, a trip that Dr. Polanco calls “the slingshot” for the speed and intensity of the experience. ‘I Want to Reset My Brain’: Female Veterans Turn to Psychedelic Therapy 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z "In an age of compromise and petty principles, groypers have chosen to stand for something, armed with little more than digital slingshots. That alone is reason enough to hear them out." "Traditional" Catholics and white nationalist "groypers" forge a new far-right youth movement 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “Musk has actually used Twitter as his slingshot when going after critics,” said April Glaser, a senior research fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Instead of a traditional windmill pitching style, she used a slingshot delivery, with her right hand starting high behind her back and swinging forward past her hips. Joan Joyce, softball great who struck out Ted Williams, dies at 81 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Wallace still seemed to be in the most enviable position, especially if he could get a helpful push for a slingshot on the final lap. William Byron wins wild NASCAR race at remodeled Atlanta 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z To the world, it was David facing Goliath and picking up a digital slingshot. Volodymyr Zelensky Is Playing the Role of His Life 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Researchers triggered the wave-making process using slingshots and found that birds waited twice as long between attacks. Science News Briefs from around the World: March 2022 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z “It’s not surprising he would then want to have greater control of that slingshot.” Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Oshmyanksy is continuing to plunk stones at the pharmaceutical behemoth with his slingshot. Mark Cuban’s new pharmacy business and the future of drug pricing 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Goliath, the little guy wielding a social media slingshot to stick it to the man. When Robin Hood is the Pied Piper: A new cautionary tale of the meme-stock bubble 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z To collect certain leaves, they used a giant slingshot to shoot a rope with a weight into the canopy and pull branches down. Alarming mercury levels found in old-growth Amazon forest 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z After a bird had made one pass over the water, a researcher with a slingshot triggered the waving behavior in the fish, imitating something the kiskadees saw routinely when a kingfisher was hunting alongside them. Why these Mexican fish do the wave 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z To gauge the impact of fish waves on the kiskadees, the researchers launched pebbles with slingshots to trigger the mollies. Fish Do the Wave to Ward Off Predatory Birds 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Just as it was about to fly over the water to hunt, they fired a slingshot into the water, alerting the mollies to begin an escape wave. Watch fish make a shimmering wave to avoid predators 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z In her son’s room, an image of a Black boy holding a slingshot with perfect posture hovers over the crib. Tips for choosing nursery furniture that will grow with your child 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Many of the demonstrators carried rocks and powerful slingshots, but did not use them. Mexico’s drug war uses drones, human shields, gunships 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z With the slingshot in play, it was less than a quarter of the time. Why these Mexican fish do the wave 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z TV footage showed police in riot gear firing pellet guns while demonstrators hurled rocks, including from handheld slingshots, from behind burning rubbish containers. Striking metalworkers clash with police in southern Spain 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Oklahoma has surged from outside playoff position to make the semifinals several times and its closing stretch this season seemed built to slingshot the Sooners past Cincinnati — and possibly others. AP Top 25 Takeaways: Oklahoma loss boosts Cincinnati’s hopes 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Sarver has developed a reputation as an involved owner unafraid to draw attention to himself with showy stunts like dunking off a trampoline during halftime or being thrown from a giant slingshot. What to Know About the Robert Sarver Racism and Sexism Allegations 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z When security forces began using lethal force to quash demonstrations, some protesters responded with homemade weapons such as slingshots and firebombs. Executive of Myanmar army-linked telecom firm fatally shot 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z If they lifted their heads, the prison guards shot them with a slingshot. A monk, a student, an artist: Tortured by Myanmar military 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The Republican insists his campaign this year is not a long shot, but more of a David-and-Goliath slingshot, with Sliwa as a streetwise “man of the people” speaking out about crime and disorder. Stunts, cats and crime: Sliwa’s colorful run for NYC mayor 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Three flybys of Earth will be needed as gravity slingshots in order for Lucy to reach both of Jupiter’s Trojan swarms by the time the mission is set to end in 2033. Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Visitors can enjoy the pumpkin patch, pumpkin market, corn maze, apple slingshot, beer and wine garden, hay rides, hot coffee, snacks and more. Enjoy pumpkin patches, spooky events and other fall fun in the Puget Sound area before October ends 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Haylett, who was taken to a hospital for evaluation, was found in possession of 15 weapons, including a sword, ax, several knives and a slingshot, police said. Oregon man breaks into Portland home, threatens police with sword and ax: authorities 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Front-line protesters, meanwhile, were armed with slingshots and crude, homemade guns, which they started carrying as early as April 3. How Myanmar’s military terrorized its people with weapons of war Protesters respond with their own arsenals, including flamethrowers and slingshots. Thai Protesters Are Back, and Angrier, as Government Fumbles on Covid 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The exact distance becomes crucial, because Earth’s gravity will slingshot Bennu as it passes. NASA Says an Asteroid Will Have a Close Brush With Earth. But Not Until the 2100s. 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Attendees can enjoy a pumpkin slingshot, farm animals, a gift shop, candy store, caramel popcorn and apples, a corn maze and more. Enjoy pumpkin patches, spooky events and other fall fun in the Puget Sound area before October ends 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The weed in those days arrived on speedboats, through tunnels and even by slingshot. Legal U.S. marijuana is pouring into Mexico. It’s pricey, popular and has names such as ‘Bubba Kush.’ 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z “But at least David got his slingshot, right?” U.S. earns biggest boxing medal haul in two decades, but gold remains elusive 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z It ultimately decided that rockets, not slingshots, were the best way to go — but they needed to be reusable. Quiet and secretive Blue Origin hopes to start new chapter with Jeff Bezos’s space flight 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Soon after “A Pretender God” came another piece, “Cannon Fodder,” which showed a child in a Guy Fawkes mask standing in the middle of a railroad track, a slingshot raised at an oncoming train. The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The farm also features interactive activities for the whole family including laser tag, corn pit, slingshot, tractor rides and more. Enjoy pumpkin patches, spooky events and other fall fun in the Puget Sound area before October ends 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Jupiter and Earth won’t line up again in way to provide a gravitational slingshot for a mission of this kind to Neptune for another 13 years. New NASA Missions Will Study Venus, a World Overlooked for Decades 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The Rays brought their slingshots to Yankee Stadium on Monday for a four-game series with the paper giants of the Bronx. The Rays Don’t Look Like Contenders, but They Play Like Stars 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z You cracked it open with the help of a modified slingshot strapped to the glass. Perspective | How to garnish cocktails, now that you’re clinking glasses with friends again 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Law enforcement officers seized knives, a hammer, a slingshot and body armor from some demonstrators. 14 arrested in Seattle, 6 in Portland during May Day marches 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z What began as peaceful protests after the Feb. 1 coup rapidly grew into a resistance movement, with citizens defending themselves using slingshots, homemade air guns, old hunting rifles and firebombs. Myanmar’s Protesters Face Down the Military With Slingshots and Rocks 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z On another occasion, Stevenson said her ex-husband gave the girl, then 10, a slingshot. Boyfriend of missing woman in US Virgin Islands verbally abusive to former stepdaughter: ex-wife 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z What Heatlie did next would eventually slingshot the political neophyte to the center of California’s political world: He started researching a recall campaign. Former California cop leads GOP dream of Newsom recall 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z One of Captain Tun Myat Aung’s men was recently struck in the eye by a projectile from a protester’s slingshot, he said. Inside Myanmar’s Army: ‘They See Protesters as Criminals’ 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z He said in addition to throwing various objects, they used slingshots to fire nuts and bolts at police and hit them with metal rods. Thai police use tear gas, rubber bullets to break up protest 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Until recently, the slingshot was most common in rural areas, where cowboys often use it to prod their cattle. Myanmar’s Protesters Face Down the Military With Slingshots and Rocks 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Officers discovered numerous items left behind by the group including a crowbar, hammers, bear spray, slugging weapon with rocks, high impact slingshot and knives. Portland leaders condemn ongoing violence by ‘anarchists’ 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Video from The Associated Press showed a squad of police firing slingshots in the apparent direction of demonstrators, after the dispersal. Myanmar forces use violence again against protesters 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Video from The Associated Press showed a squad of police firing slingshots in the apparent direction of demonstrators, after the dispersal. Myanmar forces use violence again against protesters 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z On Thursday, supporters of Myanmar’s junta attacked people protesting the military government, using slingshots, iron rods and knives to injure several of them. Myanmar security forces disperse anti-coup protesters 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z After the protests began, the slingshot first appeared in the hands of the police. Myanmar’s Protesters Face Down the Military With Slingshots and Rocks 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Supporters of Myanmar’s junta attacked people protesting the military government that took power in a coup, using slingshots, iron rods and knives Thursday to injure several demonstrators. World Digest: Feb. 25, 2021 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Some police officers used slingshots to shoot rocks and other projectiles at the protesters. Myanmar Security Forces Open Fire on Protesters, Killing 2 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Numerous videos posted on social media showed muzzle flashes as shots were heard, and some were shown shooting slingshots and throwing rocks at buildings. Police rampage targets striking railway workers in Myanmar 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z On Monday, security forces pointed guns at a group of 1,000 demonstrators and attacked them with slingshots and sticks in Mandalay. Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces new charge as crackdown intensifies 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z As the demonstrations escalated, the police traded their slingshots for rifles while the protesters took them up in large numbers. Myanmar’s Protesters Face Down the Military With Slingshots and Rocks 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z On Monday in Mandalay, the country’s second biggest city, security forces pointed guns at a group of 1,000 demonstrators and attacked them with slingshots and sticks. UN expert fears violence with troops sent to Myanmar city 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “The police started to shoot with slingshots and then they fired real bullets at us.” Myanmar Security Forces Open Fire on Protesters, Killing 2 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Soldiers and police appeared at both sites, attacking protesters with sticks and slingshots. Burma security forces continue protest intimidation, US embassy authorizes voluntary evacuation 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z He shot off the porch and across the sprawling front yard as if launched from a slingshot. An Unleashed Dog, Sentenced to Death After an Attack 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z A video of the encounter shows the general demonstrating for Mr. Fomin how a slingshot works. Myanmar’s Protesters Face Down the Military With Slingshots and Rocks 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The experience of sitting in the dining area while watching cars slingshot off the boulevard into the U-shaped drive-through was more than enough. 6 delicious settings from Ryan Gattis' South L.A. crime epic, "The System" 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z She woos me with a slingshot analogy that she’s been keeping in mind to understand the current state of American politics. Tarana Burke: 'If it weren’t for Black women, I would not have made it' 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z In many ways, this is a scientific test run for that second slingshot maneuver, Benkhoff says. A spacecraft is about to slingshot around Venus, putting it on course for Mercury 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Inside the vehicle, officers said they discovered window punch tools, pepper spray, throwing knives, a laser pointer, a slingshot, rocks, and other items, which were all seized as evidence. Portland man arrested after shattering patrol car window, pepper-sprayed interior: police 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z “I can’t climb trees, building scaffolding is expensive, and using a slingshot requires a lot of skill,” she says. Shoots and leaves: the shotgun scientist who hunts moving trees 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Even outside the storm, the rotation was rapid enough to slingshot half-dollar-sized hail at me in an area that was partly sunny and devoid of rain. Perspective | Storm chasing: There’s always beauty in the atmosphere if you know where to look 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Did you savor the slingshot passes Patrick Mahomes hurled across the field for Kansas City? When You Love — and Loathe — Watching the N.F.L. 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The firefighter told authorities the person who struck him was wearing “a ‘wrist rocket’ style slingshot,” the DOJ said. Portland officials arrest 3 for protest-related assaults, threats against city employees: DOJ 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The crowns became a convenient platform for stashing cotton gauze sacks of poison bait, delivered by workers firing slingshots or dangling from helicopters. To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z At least one person shot marbles from a “wrist rocket style slingshot,” officials said. Portland police forced to prioritize protests unable to immediately respond to other 911 calls 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z You slide your finger across the screen, the red bird sitting in a slingshot is ready to fly - you tweak the angle and let go. Can video games help save the planet? 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z She was hit in the right eye, apparently with a slingshot. 12 months, 12 lives: Kashmiris in limbo and lockdown 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z After each night of protest, they seize dozens of homemade shields, slingshots, blocks of wood and chunks of concrete. On Portland’s streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z With a sigh, a police officer brandished a slingshot, and the monkeys scattered. These monkeys were once revered; now they are taking over 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Police said Bates was nabbed in possession of a crowbar, knife, gas mask, pyrotechnics and slingshots, according to the report. Portland protester uses ‘wrist rocket’ to launch metal ball that struck city medic: cops 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z They said several protesters were “starting fires, throwing rocks at officers, pointing lasers at officers, and launching projectiles with slingshots at officers.” Riot declared in Portland, cops order protesters to leave or face arrest 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z I was reminded of soldiers planting the flag at Iwo Jima, of the viral photo of a shirtless Palestinian protester holding a flag and a slingshot, of Eugène Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People.” Trying to Parent My Black Teenagers Through Protest and Pandemic 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Another smaller fence still remained around the perimeter of the property, but police said groups of demonstrators threw projectiles using slingshots over the fence and pointed lasers in officers' eyes. Portland police declare civil disturbance, 10 arrested, after night of looting, protesters injuring officers 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z “My leaflets are to the North Korean regime what David’s slingshot was to Goliath’s forehead,” said Lee Min-bok, another defector, who calls himself a “balloon warrior.” As Floating Propaganda Irks North Korea, the South Isn’t Happy Either 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z "This guy just threw a slingshot over our position, slingshots and rocks straight over our car," he said, as the violence around him escalates. Fox News' Pete Hegseth caught in crossfire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians, documented in new show 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z On Friday, an interplanetary spacecraft will slingshot around Earth in the super early morning hours. A spacecraft is about to swing by Earth to get a gravity assist on its way to Mercury 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “The feeling is that we are trying to shoot down a rocket with a slingshot.” Hungary’s Leader Grabbed Powers to Fight the Virus. Some Fear Other Motives. 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z As it turns out, a slingshot didn’t fell Goliath. Cult Classics: Why the "Wildcat Game" isn't as wildcat-y as you remember - Golf Digest 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The rare celestial alignment, between Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter, occurs next in the early 2030s, and would allow a spacecraft to slingshot around Jupiter on its way to the planets. Destination Uranus! Rare chance to reach ice giants excites scientists 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The artwork appears to be inspired by Valentine's Day, depicting a stencil of a young girl firing a slingshot of red flowers made with spray painted ivy. Banksy confirms Valentine's Day artwork is his 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Over the next year, the Solar Orbiter will conduct several flybys of Venus and one of the Earth, using the planets’ gravity to slingshot into a tilted elliptical orbit. Solar Orbiter spacecraft will capture the sun's north and south poles 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The majority of confiscated weapons last year were airguns, along with two described as “slingshot like devices.” Hawaii public schools weapons incidents drop to 10-year low 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Rejecting the offer of heavy body armor because it weighs him down, David instead faces the outsize enemy armed with just his trusty slingshot and five smooth stones. Review | An indictment of education reformers, and a call to fight back 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Others slingshot around their star with extremely oblong orbits, unlike the Earth's circular one. Even planets have their (size) limits 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Investigators said Lafferty committed the attacks from behind the wheel of a pickup truck, using a slingshot to launch glass marbles at the driver’s side windows and windshields of oncoming vehicles. Pickup driver shot out car windows on 101 Freeway with slingshot and marbles, authorities say 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z In some cases, coaches, once the vanguard of tradition, seemed to slingshot ahead of the average fan. The NFL’s analytics movement has finally reached the sport’s mainstream 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z On the end of the peninsula, a small figure rests within a giant slingshot; the slingshot is aimed toward a “Magic Island,” guarded by a formidable bird of “nuclear viscosity,” with outspread wings. The Histories Hidden in the Periodic Table 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z When he was 6 or 7 years old, he took a branch off a tree and, using one of his mother’s kitchen knives, made his first carving: a slingshot. In a workshop, a bygone trade, a woodcarver and his Santas 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z She’s been talking for a year about not letting billionaires buy the election and Bloomberg rides into the arena blasting millions into the stands like free t-shirts out of a slingshot. Bloomy throws Warren a lifeline 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z On Nov. 2 an unverified Twitter account posted screenshots purporting to show a story from a British newspaper claiming private footage showed Swinson firing a slingshot at squirrels in her garden. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UK PM Johnson's 'therapeutic' debate prep 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z There are regular late night clashes between protesters on both sides armed with slingshots, clubs and even sticks of dynamite. 'Bolivia is shattered': Election crisis leaves deeply divided nation 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Protesters, armed with slingshots, have erected barricades of iron sheets and concrete blocks. A view from the bridge: Iraq's protesters under fire 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Sitting in his workshop, Lake reaches over and grabs the slingshot, turning it around in his hands, smiling at the memories. In a workshop, a bygone trade, a woodcarver and his Santas 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z As we approach the bridge, we are rocks in a slingshot, being drawn slowly back, and then we’re on it. Running Into the Night — and Traffic 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z For fun, most kids hunted for mice with slingshots or went fishing with their bare hands. The unlikely story of the first PGA professional from Zambia - Golf Digest 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Guirgis’ slangy slingshot dialogue doesn’t flow naturally from the performers in the early going. Review: Soulful, sorrowful performance propels Pulitzer winner 'Between Riverside and Crazy' 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Police from the national, Catalan and Guardia Civil forces were attacked with molotov cocktails, slingshots, stones and fireworks. Spain's deputy PM tells Catalan president to 'stop telling impossible lies' 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z While some protesters were hooded troublemakers and armed with sticks and slingshots, others were indigenous women in traditional skirts and trilbies, outraged by Moreno’s decision to end fuel subsidies. Ecuador: deal marks bittersweet win for indigenous protesters after deaths 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z A similar victory could slingshot Harris to states later in the calendar, including South Carolina and California. Harris faces questions about whether Iowa focus is too late 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Many Democrats in the presidential race are banking on strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first nominating contests, to slingshot them into South Carolina with political momentum and then on to Super Tuesday. ‘E for Effort’: Can Bernie Sanders Pass the South Carolina Test in 2020? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z She told the crowd the story of David and Goliath, about how she’s going to be like David and defeat Trump with just a slingshot. The Gospel According to Marianne Williamson 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z But Isro chose a circuitous route to save fuel - it took advantage of the Earth's gravity, which helped slingshot the satellite towards the Moon. India aims for soft landing on Moon's south pole 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z HR 5183 b spends most of its time loitering in the outer part of its star’s planetary system, then it accelerates and slingshots around its star, consistent with Kepler's laws of planetary motion. A bizarre exoplanet is making astronomers rethink how solar systems form 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “David really did get the slingshot shoved down his throat sideways,” she wrote in her memoir. Elizabeth Warren’s rise started by looking at the bottom 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Some protesters launched stones from slingshots, prompting police to charge. Hong Kong police fire tear gas in fresh clashes 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Facebook said some of the posts from accounts it banned compared the protesters in Hong Kong with Islamic State group militants, branded them “cockroaches” and alleged they planned to kill people using slingshots. Hong Kong protests: YouTube takes down 200 channels spreading disinformation 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The soldier was furious, Wani said, and without warning aimed a slingshot directly in the face of his niece and fired a marble into her right eye. Slurs and slingshots: Kashmiris allege abuse amid lockdown 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z That’s not a bad moral, delivered not by slingshot, but means that are just clever enough to keep you playing along. Review | ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ is better than you think. Wait, we’re serious. 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The birds slingshot a whole bunch of hot sauce over to Piggy Island. Review: ‘Angry Birds’ can’t fly, but this sequel stays aloft 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z But what else could one possibly expect from the sequel to the animated feature adaptation of a smartphone game where the object is to launch small round birds at green pigs using slingshots? ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ review: A colorful, cuckoo, complex sequel takes flight 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z In the “Angry Birds” video games, you use a slingshot to lob flightless buzzards at wobbly fortresses stacked with snickering green pigs. Review: Exuberantly silly 'The Angry Birds Movie 2' flies higher than the first 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The police condemned protesters for using petrol bombs, slingshots and bricks as weapons. Hong Kong police fire teargas at protesters as two cars ram crowds 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The peaceful rally in Tseung Kwan O threatened to turn violent as a group of protesters threw bricks at a police station, some using makeshift slingshots, breaking the building’s windows. Hong Kong protesters return to streets a day after violent clashes 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z After scores of officers in riot gear appeared to clear the streets Saturday, some protesters set fire to trash bins and pieces of cardboard, and used slingshots to hurl rocks. Hong Kong protesters and police face off in familiar cycle 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Armed with his trusty slingshot and a stealth nature, a 6-year-old boy embarks upon a adventure-filled trek through the American West to search for his lost mother. Family-friendly video games for summer fun | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Yet in this story they’re David, taking nothing more than a slingshot and a rock into a fight with a giant. U.S. aims to thrive under pressure in World Cup showdown with France 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z The three defendants headed organizations that used slingshots and Molotov cocktails to attack government buildings and police, aiming to overthrow the government, according to the newspaper. Last year he went on vacation to Vietnam. Now he faces 12 years in prison 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z His ship broke contact just before the Jupiter slingshot. Gulliver at home 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z “We’d go into the jungle and find edible flowers and wild herbs — rosemary, chives, thyme. We killed birds with slingshots and cooked them over a fire. We set traps for rabbits.” - The Washington Post 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Al-Mughayyir’s mosque announced over its loudspeakers that settlers were “attacking,” and hundreds of villagers headed to the outskirts of town, throwing stones and using slingshots, villagers recalled. Attacks by Israeli settlers surge as West Bank tensions boil 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z On its winding journey, Beresheet is expected to slingshot around the Earth at least six times. Israeli spacecraft snaps stunning selfie on its way to the Moon 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z On its winding journey, Beresheet is to slingshot around the Earth at least six times. Israeli spacecraft hits first snag on lunar voyage 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Yarborough tried to zoom past on the inside, using the slingshot effect in the draft. AP Was There: Yarborough-Allison brawl mars ’79 Daytona 500 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z But officials say the slingshots are a start. Taj Mahal Guards Take Up Slingshots Against Monkey Menace 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “We found that monkeys get scared by just seeing us brandishing these slingshots,” he told Reuters. Taj Mahal police take aim at marauding monkeys with slingshots 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Vanuatu is a volcanic archipelago of more than 80 islands littered in an extended slingshot shape across an 800-mile arc of the South Pacific. Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z But all it takes is some slingshot dialogue to reveal that the new blockbuster Broadway adaptation belongs to Aaron Sorkin. Review: In 'To Kill a Mockingbird' on Broadway, the words of Harper Lee but the voice of Aaron Sorkin 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z He couldn’t have imagined he was fooling Allison by waiting until the last lap when Allison wouldn’t have a chance to slingshot back around before the checkered flag. AP Was There: Yarborough-Allison brawl mars ’79 Daytona 500 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z He passed slingshots and silver for sale, and paused to chat with a woman selling CBD oil. A Homecoming Powwow for Native New Yorkers 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z But some hurled rocks and firebombs with slingshots, provoking Israeli fire, witnesses said. Palestinians: 14 injured in calmer Gaza border protest 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z They are flinging large rocks onto a barren field with homemade slingshots. Gaza's fatal ritual: Endless protests, mounting casualties 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Champ makes a move that he calls "the slingshot" when he hits the ball, and he drives the ball like a golden god. Bryson DeChambeau vs. Cam Champ: Who is golf's true Prince of Hype - Golf Digest 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The military posted photos of six slingshots and one pocketknife on its Facebook page as evidence. Nigerian Army Uses Trump’s Words to Justify Fatal Shooting of Rock-Throwing Protesters 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Letting the lower body lead allows him to hold off the release of the club much later—what Champ refers to as his "slingshot" move. Cameron Champ's Power Move - Golf Digest 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The picture would slingshot around the world, capturing all the angst and anger of 1968. The Black Power salute that rocked the world 50 years ago 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “Who really wants to confront a nuclear superpower with four slingshots? War doesn’t achieve anything.” Hamas Chief Calls for Cease-Fire in Gaza as Tensions Rise With Israel 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Although this time around, the structures, birds, and slingshot appear as virtual and interactive 3D objects existing in the real world. Angry Birds is coming to Magic Leap One as an impressive AR puzzle game 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z At a concert of theirs I happened to attend in New York City roughly a decade ago, I saw an elderly woman slingshot a support bra on stage. On Saturday, Los Tigres del Norte will become the first norteño act to play at the Hollywood Bowl 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z I was constantly making trouble in the neighborhood with my slingshot and potato gun. A Michelin-Starred Birthday Dinner That Changed a Celebrity Chef’s Life 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z To many Republicans, it was the slingshot to take down Goliath. The Starr Report got a president impeached 20 years ago, and Ken Starr wants to remind you why 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Nearly every day there were battles, between rebels armed with homemade mortars and slingshots and Ortega supporters with military weapons. “Fake News” and Unrest in Nicaragua 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “Sometimes they throw rocks, other times with slingshot or bottles.” 'Put in a cage': Rohingya remaining in Myanmar consigned to life of fear 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Police said he had a slingshot on him when he was arrested about 5 p.m. Police credit massive response to white supremacist rally in D.C. with saving lives, keeping order 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z “And when you are the party of Davids, you cannot afford to show up without a slingshot.” Democrats are yearning for ‘a fighter,’ Michael Avenatti says as he tests the presidential waters in Iowa 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Over the seven year mission, it will slingshot around Venus six more times, drawing on the planet’s gravity to trim its orbit about the sun. 'Mission to touch the sun': Nasa to launch Parker Solar Probe 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The first was a video featuring her reciting a poem and footage appearing to show Palestinian protesters using slingshots and throwing stones at Israeli security forces. Israeli Arab poet sentenced for incitement 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Behind her was a giant replica of a slingshot and a masked female figure in school uniform, poised to launch a huge pencil. Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian Teenager Who Slapped Israeli Soldier, Is Released From Jail 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z For the squad it is a bit like sizing up Goliath without a slingshot. Russia prepare for ‘match of a lifetime’ against Spain after satisfying fans 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Guns, knives, baseball bats, ice picks, slingshots, glass bottles, chains and other items “generally considered an implement of riot” were prohibited, according to the fliers posted in the area. Protesters would be banned from wearing face masks under city's proposed law 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z But while she loves working with the actors, she gets worked up if anyone questions the fact that a woman is wielding swords and slingshots. Meet Game of Thrones' woman of weapons 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Hitting neighbors’ electrical transformers with a slingshot “is what got me sent to military school.” The man who (almost) wiped out the Guinea worms 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Young protesters used homemade mortars and slingshots to repel them, Reuters news agency reports. Fresh Nicaragua violence as talks collapse 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z And worms tend to occur in groups that eat frogs: children who hunt them with slingshots, adults “who aren’t 100 percent mentally or have alcohol problems,” Dr. Ruiz-Tiben said. Nearly Eradicated in Humans, the Guinea Worm Finds New Victims: Dogs 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The snare rolls that divide each verse of “Hound Dog,” for example, hit like bullets into a slingshot, pushing momentum and then snapping back. Elvis Presley's drummer D.J. Fontana set the beat for rock 'n roll's future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Human rights organizations have accused the authorities of using disproportionate force against protesters who have been armed with homemade mortars and slingshots. Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo dies at 92, key figure in Nicaraguan turmoil 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z But rather than close in and slingshot past, the gap only grew, and the man who calls Indianapolis home was left to settle for second place. Drivers applaud new IndyCar for putting them back in control 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The protesters used grenades, Molotov cocktails, slingshots, incendiary kites and burning tires. Calendar Letters: Much ado about the royal wedding 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z He’d been shot, he said, as he aimed his slingshot across the fence. After Deadly Protests, Gazans Ask: What Was Accomplished? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z But several hundred surged forward, swinging slingshots and burning tires to create a thick, black smokescreen. Palestinians vow to press on with border protests in Gaza as U.N. calls for inquiry 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z They said their dead included eight children, a Hamas police officer and a double amputee who was photographed during the protests using a slingshot from his wheelchair. A baby girl dies in the haze of Gaza 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Some used slingshots and even a makeshift catapult to hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers, while others tried to cut through rolls of barbed wire. Scores of Palestinians killed at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z There are reports of children from a nearby town using slingshots to down the birds and sell them alive for 200 rand, or about 15 U.S. dollars. Africa's Most Endangered Parrot Fighting for Survival 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Some moved closer to the fence, throwing stones with slingshots and burning tires. Palestinians head to Gaza-Israel border for weekly protests 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The slingshots that young Arab children wield are not exactly peace symbols! Behind a Roadside Hit in Malaysia, Israeli-Palestinian Intrigue 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Iannone held the lead through the slingshot downhill left turn and but couldn’t put up much of a fight to keep it. Spain’s Marc Marquez cruises to 6th MotoGP win Texas 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Bourdais used a big run to catch Dixon and pass him on the inside of Turn 1 and then slingshot past another car. IndyCar star Dixon to try skills on “American Ninja Warrior” 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Pedro Trinidad, who grew up in the mountains outside Mexico City and is now living in New Jersey, told me that as a six-year-old, he and his brothers killed hummingbirds with slingshots. Inside the Strange World of the Illicit Hummingbird Love Charm Trade 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Police restricted demonstrators near the wall prototypes to a “free speech zone” and banned potential weapons including glass containers, rocks, slingshots, knives and guns. Trump in California: first official visit met with protests and scorn 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “Corey plays to win. He goes to a slingshot fight and he brings a bazooka.” A state lawmaker gives Corey Stewart competition for GOP Senate nomination 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The chief of Chhnoul district where the confrontation occurred, Kong Kimny, said the protesters were wounded by police bullets, and the police officers were hurt by villagers using slingshots and rocks. Policemen, protesters hurt in Cambodian land dispute 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Thick branches splayed across the alley Saturday, pinning phone lines back like a giant slingshot. With a cry and a howl of the wind, historic tree topples in D.C.’s Dupont area 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z It would take an army of kids with slingshots to supply the profusion of hummingbirds in Sonora Market and all the botanicas in Mexico and the U.S. Inside the Strange World of the Illicit Hummingbird Love Charm Trade 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Rovio saw rapid growth after the 2009 launch of the original “Angry Birds” game, in which players used slingshots to attack pigs who stole birds’ eggs. Investors take flight after Angry Birds maker warns on profit 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “I wanted to be in third to be able to get that draft and get a slingshot into a really good position,” Diggins said. Perfect strategy behind USA’s historic cross-country gold 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z And so Dangerfield, who told audiences that as a child he was so ugly that his mother fed him with a slingshot, became the leading semiotician of postwar American comedy. Letter of Recommendation: Rodney Dangerfield 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The business case for Falcon Heavy involves taking commercial satellites cheaply to low-Earth orbit, and sending tourists on slingshots around the moon. With successful test fire, massive Falcon Heavy rocket is poised to boost space science 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z “I’ve got a slingshot, I’m just looking for the right stone.” For Virginia GOP’s provocative Senate hopefuls, Moore loss is a warning shot 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Rovio saw rapid growth after the 2009 launch of the original “Angry Birds” game, in which players used slingshots to attack pigs who stole birds’ eggs. Investors take flight after Angry Birds maker warns on profit 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Armed with sticks, iron rods, stones and slingshots, approximately 2,000 demonstrators entered Islamabad on Nov. 7 and blocked the main junction between the capital and Rawalpindi, the city that is home to army headquarters. Pakistan deploys army in capital after deadly police clash with supporters of radical cleric 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Conversely, the pulsar’s radio-bright periods correlated with weaker x-ray emissions, when its “magnetic slingshot” effect halted the flow of material onto the star. Black Hole Pretenders May Be Superfast-Spinning Pulsars 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “With his feel and ability to control the slingshot effect, it affords some easy power,” Wolf said. Jack Sock’s Comeback Turns Into a Title and a Resurgence 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z In midrange attempts, his second favorite destination on the floor behind his slingshots to the rim, Wall has made just 17 of 55. John Wall scores 27 as Wizards’ defense clamps down on Heat 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z That helps create the slingshot move, he says. Young bomber Cam Champ turns pro - Golf Digest 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z For example, the “Fun For Him” box, at $150, includes filet mignon beef jerky, a handmade slingshot, chocolate, toffee and a cocktail kit. So, you want to avoid holiday commercialism? These gifts give back to those in need 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Behind them, young and old used slingshots and a makeshift catapult to hurl stones, which were collected in satchels from the road and stacked by the Kokonuko women. Battle for the mother land: indigenous people of Colombia fighting for their lands 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z Throughout the day they played a cat-and-mouse game with the security forces: rocks and slingshots versus teargas and in some cases live ammunition - usually fired overhead. Legitimacy of Kenya re-run unclear 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The German held his ground, cut through the corner and tucked the nose of his car in front as the cars did the slingshot left turn back down the 130-foot elevation, Lewis Hamilton extends Formula One lead with victory at U.S. Grand Prix 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Champ describes his action as a "slingshot" move, with his arms and club whipping through the hitting area. Young bomber Cam Champ turns pro - Golf Digest 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z He traded his slingshot for a box of records and never looked back. US musician Tom Petty dies aged 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z “Within days, Petty says, he traded his slingshot for a box of 45s, many of them Presley classics,” musician and author Warren Zanes wrote in his 2015 book “Petty: The Biography.” Tom Petty, Heartbreakers frontman who sang 'Breakdown,' 'Free Fallin'' and other hits, dies at 66 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z On Friday, a spacecraft the size of an SUV will slingshot around Earth’s South Pole, altering its trajectory through space. A NASA spacecraft is about to slingshot around Earth to meet up with an asteroid 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Cassini started a series of 22 orbital dives in April, using Titan’s gravity to slingshot itself into the unexplored area between the planet and its rings. Fiery farewell to cap Cassini spacecraft's 13-year Saturn mission 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z In Tab’s Williamsburg office — there’s another in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood — story ideas slingshot around the room, from the Pennsylvania State University hazing trial to wedding training programs at high schools to potential Dream Act-related deportations. With Rupert Murdoch’s Help, Tab Media Targets Young and Cheeky on Campus 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z In Friday's police raids, German broadcaster ARD said, knives, batons, piping and slingshots were seized. Germany bans far-left protest website over G20 riots - BBC News 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z He said the villagers carried slingshots, sticks and machetes as they approached the troops, who responded by firing 40-50 warning shots. Myanmar troops arrest Rohingya suspects; 6 Buddhists killed 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z If a spacecraft were launched in the mid- to late 1970s, it could use the gravity of the first body to slingshot to the second, and so on. The Loyal Engineers Steering NASA’s Voyager Probes Across the Universe 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Cassini started a series of 22 orbital dives in April, using Titan’s gravity to slingshot itself into the unexplored area between the planet and its rings. Fiery farewell to cap Cassini spacecraft's 13-year Saturn mission 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z China’s single shiny new aircraft carrier, for one, relies on a ski jump launch instead of the technically superior slingshot action prevalent on America’s 10 carriers. Xi Jinping Lauds New, Sleek Military on PLA's 90th Birthday 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Activities will include archery, pellet gun, rifle, tomahawk and slingshot. Day at the Range set Aug. 19 at Platte River State Park 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Artist collectives made agreements to repost one another’s songs, and eventually, a popular music blog was caught selling “slingshot” packages that included paid reposts. How SoundCloud's broken business model drove artists away 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z On Sunday, Israel’s Army Radio quoted the Jerusalem police chief as saying officers found dozens of knives as well as slingshots, stun grenades and binoculars, but no guns or live ammunition. Metal detectors at Jerusalem shrine trigger new tensions 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Gen. Yoram Halevy, the Jerusalem District police commander, said knives, slingshots, batons, spikes and unexploded ordnance were found during the police sweep. Israel implements controversial security measures at sensitive holy site 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Other people were searched but in some cases there was no legal reason to deny them entry, such as traveling with weapons like slingshots. German minister seeks more EU cooperation after G-20 riots 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Three officers required treatment in hospital, police said, noting that protesters had used slingshots as well as thrown bottles and stones. Smoke rises over Hamburg as Merkel's free speech gamble hangs in balance 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z “One of the kids takes a slingshot to it, and I thought, ‘Why no sound?’ There’s plenty of room for the kids AND an outdoorsy collection in this Magnolia home 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z During a press conference on Wednesday, police in Hamburg presented a stash of crude weapons they claimed to have seized from protestors; they included knives, slingshots, baseball bats and canisters of flammable liquid. Protestors Plan a Nasty Welcome for Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Hamburg 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z "Make our planet great again," Macron said, turning Trump's campaign slogan into a verbal slingshot against him. France's Emmanuel Macron Reaps the Benefits of Being the Anti-Trump 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z To get to the center of this perdition, here called Red Wash, you have only a slingshot as a weapon. Review | ‘Pinstripe – An Adventure Through Hell’ is an indie game funded by Kickstarter and worth your attention 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z They carefully prepare their weapons: testing slingshots, putting nails into wooden clubs. How a new kind of protest movement has risen in Venezuela 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z “Goggles, masks, helmets and even some slingshots,” said the woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for security reasons. Analysis | Gas masks, wooden shields, gardening gloves: How Venezuela’s protesters are protecting themselves 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Also dolls that espouse family values and a parachute-borne slingshot are pitched. Friday's TV highlights: 'Animals' on HBO 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Banners and flags have given way to slingshots and rocks. Deaths and injuries reported amid 'mother of all marches' in Venezuela 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z You can play “Pinstripe” for a second time and open, with a golden key, areas such as a cemetery placed in a cave, and you can get a gun instead of a slingshot, too. Review | ‘Pinstripe – An Adventure Through Hell’ is an indie game funded by Kickstarter and worth your attention 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z On 22 April, Cassini will slingshot past Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, for the last time. Saturn spacecraft begins science swan-song 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z If there’s nothing to see here, why the constant shifting of public attention from the grizzly bear to the kid with a slingshot? Opinion | Who is that masked man in the White House? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Authorities say they recovered several weapons from the car including a pellet rifle, bb gun and slingshot. Lee County man charged with shooting into home, car 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z "The jury was entitled, based on this evidence, to find that Dutcher was capable of injuring the President with his slingshot." Wisconsin man who threatened to kill Obama loses appeal 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Most of the victims were unarmed, though a few men appeared to be holding slingshots. 7 Congo Army Officers Charged With War Crimes in Massacre 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Some of his canes are more unusual, equipped with a deer foot, antler or slingshot as a handle - or even featuring a flashlight or compass on top. The jolly prankster of Oakley, and other Main Street faces 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The IAU’s new criteria required that a full planet must “clear the neighborhood around its orbit,” meaning it must gravitationally dominate its surroundings and slingshot away debris. Scientist leads effort to restore Pluto’s planetary stature 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z One volunteer showed how to fashion a slingshot. Vigilantes prowl Europe's border with a target: Muslim migrants 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “Coming off that turn, it’s like a slingshot,” Woodhall said on Thursday, assessing the Washington Heights facility. Blade Runner Tests Limits of Prosthetics, Years After Oscar Pistorius 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z His forehand is much the same but far more effective, appearing almost like a slingshot that is pulled back only halfway. America’s Top-Ranked Male Player, Jack Sock Is Dreaming Much Bigger 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Due to an incident during the Jupiter slingshot, we have one unexpected vacancy in our maintenance crew. In Cygnus and in Hell : Nature : Nature Research 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The strength of a planet’s slingshot forces decrease as it gets farther from the sun. Scientist leads effort to restore Pluto’s planetary stature 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Fowler’s items included a sleeping bag, a fire starter, a slingshot, a saw, an ax and a Russian Special Forces shovel. Mainer outlasts others to win History Channel’s ‘Alone’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Hundreds of Rohingya militants, armed mainly with knives and slingshots, killed nine police officers and seized weapons and ammunition. Armed Insurgency in Myanmar Heralds Shift for Rohingya 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He used a slingshot to send a piece of paper to the deck of a passing cargo ship to inform his family, writing that he had to continue “to save his soul.” Vendée Globe Skippers Cherish Respites From a Grueling Solo Race 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Banned are firearms, daggers, slingshots, and even knobkerries, which are clubs used by indigenous people in southern Africa. Oregon bans weapons in state workplaces 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Or, she says, they would shoot the swallows living in the roof with a slingshot, and then barbecue them. The woman who looks after celebrities' skin - BBC News 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The 39-year-old Ferber, who underwent police training in Britain, said that before such cooperation began, he and his team confronted illegal fishermen alone, armed only with “a slingshot and a bunch of rocks.” British conservationist fights to save seahorses in Cambodia 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z China claims the weapons are defensive; it described the emplacements as a “slingshot” to ward off a “cocky and swaggering” stranger “at the door of your home.” Satellite photos are worth more than a thousand unreliable words from China 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Amedeo plans to make the finish but likes the freedom the slingshot represents, he said. Vendée Globe Skippers Cherish Respites From a Grueling Solo Race 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “If someone were flexing his muscles outside your door, wouldn’t you get a slingshot ready?” it wrote. China live-fires aircraft carrier group amid Taiwan tensions with US 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “If someone shows off his muscles in your doorway,” the statement said, “shouldn’t you at least prepare a slingshot?” China puts new weapons on South China Sea islands, report says 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z "If someone makes a show of force at your front door, would you not ready your slingshot?" China defends its right to 'ready slingshot' in South China Sea 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z "If someone makes a show of force at your front door, would you not ready your slingshot?" it said. China installs weapons systems on artificial islands: U.S. think tank 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Little David, the Israelite, slays Goliath, the giant Philistine with a slingshot, and cuts his head off. Tom Wolfe: The Faith of John Glenn 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z He said that he has been hit with rocks fired from slingshots and chunks of firewood, and he has seen protesters pelting officers with bags of urine and feces. ‘This pipeline represents something deeper’: Voices from Standing Rock 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z He said the use of water is "less than lethal" compared with protesters' use of slingshots and burning logs. As Dakota pipeline saga drags, rancor builds on both sides 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The program, called ALIGN, is a “catchup, a slingshot,” McKinley said. Northeastern University thrives in the Northwest 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The attackers were armed with knives, slingshots and only a few guns—and reportedly made off with dozens more guns and thousands of bullets. New fears of communal violence in Myanmar 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z They were said to be armed mainly with knives and home-made slingshots that fire iron bolts. Myanmar policemen killed in Rakhine border attack - BBC News 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Other events on Sunday included a pumpkin derby race, pumpkin catapults and slingshots. Pumpkin fleet ready to set sail in Maine 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Police said they had recovered improvised weapons from the scene of the protest including slingshots and small propane tanks rigged as explosives. As Dakota pipeline saga drags, rancor builds on both sides 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z They lash beams together with vines; they use bow and arrow and slingshot to try to loop guidelines over dizzyingly high limbs. One Tiny Wasp Turns Fig Trees Into Eden The troops sent stones rocketing back with small slingshots. An Epidemic of ‘Dead Eyes’ in Kashmir as India Uses Pellet Guns on Protesters 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z After all, sometimes the best way to take on Goliath is with a slingshot. Apple's Silent Killer: Obscure Smartphone Newcomers in China (AAPL) 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z So, the personnel involved and the quantity and type of slingshot used suggests complete overkill against a weaker, poorly-armed enemy. Burnswark's bloody Roman history becomes clearer - BBC News 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z A few prohibited items, including a small knife and a slingshot, were seized from people trying to enter secured areas near the convention center and Quicken Loans Arena, Williams said. Despite fears, initial street protests are mild at the GOP convention 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Virginia will now allow the hunting of wild bird and animals with a slingshot, except for deer, bear, elk and turkey. New laws go into effect on Friday 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z I feel like if he was born 100 years earlier, he'd be the guy arguing for vast intercontinental slingshots as a means of world travel over airplanes. Plane makers could learn from the cramped and claustrophobic Hyperloop 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Only a few years ago the Syrian rebels were lobbing small bombs with slingshots made from lengths of rubber tubing. Hell’s kitchens 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z “This is David vs. Goliath, and we cannot take away the slingshot from David,” says de León. California Editorial Roundup 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The characters may have a fresh look, but for its legions of fans, it has plenty of references to the original game where players use a slingshot to fire angry bird bombs at the pigs. Angry Birds maker Rovio bets nest egg on 3D movie 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Adding all that new real estate as part of your touchscreen also opens up possibilities for the watch as a gaming device, for example a long pull on the slingshot in Angry Birds. New tech turns your skin into a touchscreen for your smartwatch 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Researchers believe the newly found comet was formed in the same region as Earth, then booted to the solar system’s backyard like a gravitational slingshot as planets jostled for position. Astronomers find a tailless comet, first of its kind 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Rolls-Royce calls it "a sumptuous and sartorial slingshot of wood and leather," and says the slingshot will accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in about 4.9 seconds. Rolls-Royce's $400,000 Dawn convertible is a big, beautiful street schooner 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But then so did the telephone, the railway, internal combustion, photography, laudanum, mirror glass, fire, television, gunpowder, the crossbow, distillation, the slingshot, the bridge high across a foaming ghyll. Appy medium: could Instagram start an artistic revolution? 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Misdirection, a sucker punch, a slingshot, even running away to fight another day are “asymmetrical” approaches that are sensible indeed for any outgunned and overmatched opponent. The last days of Washington, D.C.: America can no longer mask its steep decline 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Some fighters made their own explosives and launched grenades from giant slingshots. Exposing Assad’s War Crimes 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Sanders then hopes to slingshot into New York, which will award a whopping 247 delegates — second only to California. Sanders sharpens attacks for N.Y. showdown that may dash Clinton’s unity hopes 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z His slingshot arm action adds deception to a fastball that rarely hovers above 90 mph, with a hard-breaking slider as his other option. Sidearm reliever Louis Coleman is having a sterling spring for the Dodgers 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z A good night for him will fill his coffers and slingshot him into a string of victories in friendly states later this month before New York’s primary in April. Sanders vs. Clinton: What you need to know 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “Some people were trying to run away, some people were crying, and some were insisting on attacking the policemen with the slingshots,” Chihualro recalled. Peru has copper. China wants it. And now Beto Chahuayllo is dead. 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z We initially had a castle much closer to the slingshot – you could see both on screen – but when we moved it further away, the extra flight time meant the anticipation and excitement grew. How we made Angry Birds 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Police in India's Haryana state say they will soon begin using slingshots to control violent protesters. Indian police 'to use slingshots' against protesters - BBC News 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z In order to achieve the drastic change in direction and velocity—without using precious propellant—engineers would rely on a slingshot maneuver. New NASA Spacecraft Will Be Propelled By Light 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But in the costly world of biological research, such a sum may be better described as a cancer slingshot, researchers said. $1 Billion Planned for Cancer ‘Moonshot’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Other expectations are more complicated, with Chris Christie aiming to be first among the governors in hopes of using it as a slingshot to gain support in New Hampshire. The Final Hours in Iowa 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z I came up with the slingshot, but it seemed too obvious, too easy, so we tried different things for a while, even a swing. How we made Angry Birds 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The "specially-designed" slingshots would be in addition to batons, tear gas and other weapons currently in use. Indian police 'to use slingshots' against protesters - BBC News 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Instead, he went forth with a slingshot and a few stones, kept undetected in a pouch. Despite Decades of Stealth, Sticking Points Bedevil F-35 Jet 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Inside Dutcher’s van, he says, there was a bullet partially emptied of gunpowder, arrows but no bow, two axes for firewood and some marbles and ball bearings for the slingshot. Slingshot Owner Convicted of Threats to Kill Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Charlie would shoot off, then reach some imaginary boundary and slingshot back, brushing my legs like a bull harrying a toreador. He hated water and wouldn’t retrieve, but we loved Charlie just the same 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z But with the slingshot, players just understood what they were meant to do immediately. How we made Angry Birds 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Handmade weapons, such as slingshots, are rarely used as a weapon by security forces in India. Indian police 'to use slingshots' against protesters - BBC News 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z With just 10 players in uniform and four of their five tallest players unavailable, the Wizards decided to slingshot their small-ball transformation to another stratosphere. Washington Wizards go small and have a ball 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z “The slingshot aspect of the case intrigued me,” he says. Slingshot Owner Convicted of Threats to Kill Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z In September, Cook and two others were arrested for allegedly using a slingshot to fire rocks at pedestrians and vehicles on Interstate 10. Bond set for driver of stolen car that caught fire in Mesa 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The premise is similar to other Angry Birds games: You propel a variety of avians, each with a different power, from a slingshot to destroy evil pigs. Video Feature: ‘Star Wars’ Apps Keep the Force With You Till Movie Arrives 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z She waved a fistful of ribbons: first place in team building, second in backpacking, third in slingshot. ‘I Want to Be a Boy Scout.’ There’s Just One Hitch. 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The Israeli authorities said that Tariq was masked and holding a wooden slingshot when the officer chased him. Israeli Officer Sentenced to Community Service in Beating of Palestinian-American 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z A Wisconsin man was convicted Tuesday of threatening to murder President Barack Obama, but whether he was serious remains uncertain, with a slingshot the only projectile launcher found in the homeless man’s van. Slingshot Owner Convicted of Threats to Kill Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Two hundred metres away, and on a higher roof, three Palestinians youths are also visible busy throwing stones with their slingshots at the nearby Israeli checkpoint at the end of al-Shuhada street. Inside Hebron’s pressure cooker: the West Bank’s most troubled city 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z In addition to applying to unusual weapons such as slingshots and brass knuckles, it also includes a “catch-all” line that bans concealing anything that would likely cause death or significant bodily harm. Arrest shines light on obscure Sioux Falls weapons ordinance 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z As they were watching him, he fired the slingshot toward the White House. Secret Service agents arrest man after he fires slingshot onto White House grounds 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Instead of relying on David’s meager public-school slingshot, let’s look to the media Goliath’s most powerful club. Schools Can’t Stop Kids From Sexting. More Technology Can. 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z But Meyer said at trial the Facebook post and subsequent utterance were examples of “careless talk” and “obvious political exaggeration” and that only the slingshot was found in Dutcher’s vehicle, the La Crosse Tribune reports. Slingshot Owner Convicted of Threats to Kill Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Palestinian kids are often shown as rebellious scamps, as if drawn from the pages of “Dora the Explorer,” firing their slingshots at colonialist oppressors. Meet the Palestinian cartoonist Israelis accuse of incitement 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z He told The Times he has a patient strategy that plans to use the primary in New Hampshire, where votes are fiscally conservative, as a slingshot toward the upper echelon of the Republican field. John Kasich wants new tax system for offshore businesses, smaller government 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Brown figured that she wouldn’t be seen much, but it might be a good opportunity to make some new contacts and potentially slingshot herself into the next phase of her career. Effie Brown challenged Matt Damon. Now she’s ready to challenge an entire industry. 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z A virtual partner talks you through playing with things like action figures and slingshots, and the most high-stress part is shooting toy missiles from a miniature tank. Inside Epic’s incredible first attempt at real VR gaming 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z She reportedly added that Dutcher said he hunted with the slingshot and could have hurt people using it. Slingshot Owner Convicted of Threats to Kill Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies also arrested three teenagers for allegedly shooting at cars with a slingshot, but the incidents were not related to the freeway shootings. Questions and answers about the Phoenix freeway shootings 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies also arrested three teenagers for allegedly shooting at cars with a slingshot, but the incidents were not related to the freeway shootings. Questions and answers after police arrest suspect in 4 of the 11 Phoenix freeway shootings 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Three young men also were arrested and accused of hurling rocks at cars with slingshots in a case that authorities called a copycat to the shootings. Suspect in Phoenix Freeway Shootings: Cops 'Have the Wrong Guy' 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Young people wielding sticks and slingshots dragged railway fences into the streets of Ouagadougou to block soldiers. Burkina to return to civilian rule after coup, mediator says 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z That was the government’s theory -- if he was going to carry this out it would be with the slingshot. Slingshot Owner Convicted of Threats to Kill Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Young people wielding sticks and slingshots dragged fences into the streets to block soldiers loyal to Diendéré, who was facing intense diplomatic pressure over Thursday’s putsch. Burkina Faso coup ‘to be reversed’ as violent protests continue 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Investigators are calling the separate slingshot arrests a copycat case involving teenage vandals accused of flinging landscaping rocks at cars and pedestrians Saturday night. Questions and answers about Phoenix freeway shootings 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Three teenagers were arrested Sunday on suspicion of shooting at cars with a slingshot, but the incidents were not related to a recent string of Phoenix-area freeway shooting incidents, authorities said. Nation digest: Officials say Louisiana man killed 3, then himself 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said at a news conference that the 18-year-olds admitted to shooting the slingshot at several cars and pedestrians between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday. Police arrest 'copycats' in Arizona highway shootings 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z But in the end, David's slingshot finally misfired. Bernard Tomic might have won more than a U.S. Open match 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But that approach will be tested if anyone decides to propel a slingshot at him, a likelihood given his double-digit national polling lead. The Secret to Winning the First GOP Debate 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Foster said “you can add to the whimsy” with features such as a slingshot in one sailor’s back pocket. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z The Reggae Boyz found their slingshot in the form of set pieces on Wednesday, denying USA a spot in the final of the Gold Cup for the first time in six tournaments. USA 1-2 Jamaica | Gold Cup semi-final match report 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z In fact the pose is almost exact: all he needs is a slingshot. Justin Bieber naked: would Michelangelo have approved? 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z I fired a slingshot and managed to actually hit a few things. The new Oculus Rift is our first glimpse of real, mainstream VR 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Sweeping his left leg around like a slingshot, Tanaka fires to the plate. Masahiro Tanaka Flashes Form and Substance in Win 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z His new company, however, is fighting with more than slingshots–it has raised nearly $100 million. Bow To Your Billionaire Drone Overlord: Frank Wang's Quest To Put DJI Robots Into The Sky 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The moths in Dr. Burrows’s recent paper do not depend on resilin or the slingshot mechanisms that other insects use. Legs, Not Wings, Give Moths a Flying Start 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Hutton, concerned that children would sling the rocks at the courthouse windows, described slingshots using an expletive. Nemaha commissioner apologizes for racial slur 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Young women in revealing outfits use slingshots to fire cheap novelties into crowds of beckoning spectators. Amid a Woeful Circus, Basketball’s Lowly Strivers Carry the Knicks 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Hence the sculptures of everyday objects - a slingshot, pliers, a mousetrap, a paint roller, a machete - entirely swathed in embroidery. Exhibit in ex-pysch ward celebrates famed Brazilian artist 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Hence the sculptures of everyday objects — a slingshot, pliers, a mousetrap, a paint roller, a machete — entirely swathed in embroidery. Exhibit in ex-pysch ward celebrates famed Brazilian artist 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The leg muscles store energy like a slingshot, and the gears make sure that they are released at the same time. Legs, Not Wings, Give Moths a Flying Start 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The original Angry Birds game, in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal birds' eggs, is the No.1 paid mobile application of all time, according to Rovio. Angry Birds maker Rovio says profit fell 73 percent in 2014 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The researchers decided to investigate US 708 because its trajectory suggested the black hole at the center of our galaxy, which frequently acts a slingshot for fast-moving stars, was not its origin point. Fastest Star in the Galaxy Got an Unusual Start 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z There’s also a booth where visitors use huge slingshots to try to land footballs into giant soda cups. Sea-HAWKS! Call of migrating Seattle fans rings in Arizona 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Today, a crop of Davids with digital slingshots are attacking almost all traditional banking services. Insurance: $7 Trillion Goliath 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Even at his best, though, a ball could slip — a devastating prospect for left-handers facing Johnson’s slingshot delivery. Randy Johnson and Craig Biggio, New Hall of Fame Inductees, Are Best Observed From a Distance 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Two 15-year-old boys using a slingshot to fire rocks at passing cars shattered Leavitt's back window as he drove in Park Ridge. Charges reinstated against Park Ridge cop accused of off-duty beatings 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z When they do, the new, gigantic galaxy that emerges will at last be equipped with the twin black holes you need to build a cosmic slingshot. You've Heard of Shooting Stars, But This is Ridiculous 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z A plastic battle hammer for 3-year-olds, a glow-in-the-dark bow and arrow set, and a pencil that doubles as a slingshot are on the short list of the most dangerous children's toys this holiday season. You'll shoot your eye out: Watchdog lists '10 worst' holiday toys 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The Royals' slingshot offense ended an extended run of dominant World Series pitching by the Giants dating back to the 2010 Series against the Rangers. Giants pitching finally takes World Series fall 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Back then, she shot birds with a slingshot, climbed trees and fought with boys. Chinese Writer, Tackling Tiananmen, Wields ‘Power to Offend’ 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z According to Rovio, the Angry Birds game, in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal birds' eggs, is the No. 1 paid mobile application of all time. Angry Birds maker Rovio plans job cuts 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z |
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