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Example sentences for: takeoff

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From the Amazonian rubber boom to the "Brazilian miracle" of the 1960s, the country has repeatedly seemed on the verge of an economic takeoff, only to slide back again into stagnation.
Fish & Wildlife Department as a refuge for the millions of Laysan Albatross (called gooney birds for their comical awkwardness at takeoff and landing) who nest there.
He sat next to Johnny Carson and in his helium-pitched "foreign man" voice told jokes without punch lines ("Her cooking ees so bad--ees terrible") and did non-impressionistic impressions; then he got up and launched into the most electrifying Elvis Presley takeoff I've ever seen.
In 1996, a Chinese missile carrying an American satellite exploded just after takeoff.
One solution being proposed, for instance, would take some landing and takeoff slots at major airports away from the industry giants and auction them off to smaller, low-fare airlines.