rocket scientist

Example Sentences

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While NBC did not show the incident, announcer Mike Tirico said, in explaining the brief stoppage of play, “We have some rocket scientist running around the field.”

From Los Angeles Times

The league has even employed pilots, air traffic controllers, and a rocket scientist.

From Barron's

Korolev, the Soviet Union’s top rocket scientist, watched his creation roll out—a 112-foot-long rocket on its side, strapped to the platform of a flat train car.

From Literature

In achieving his dream to be a rocket scientist, he would become an American hero.

From BBC

Let’s be frank: None of these characters, past or present, would have grown up to be rocket scientists.

From Los Angeles Times