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The jumpship was a carrier vessel and would be reluctant to come closer.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

CNN has now decided to jumpship and cater to the republican majority.

CNN Poll: President's approval on health care under 50 percent 2009

Oh– and to answer my own question, it seems to me that anyone looking to either kill off or at least demonize the insurance industry might come up with a plan that forces huge expenses onto the insurance industry while creating incentives for their best customers to jumpship.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Harms of a Health Insurance Mandate 2009

The farscreens were clear, except for the distant patrollers, not surprisingly, since jumpship travel anywhere was scarce, and to El Lido, isolated as it was, even scarcer.

The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

- A jumpship slid by fifty meters away, its engines spinning flames like a furnace.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

He aimed at the black shining nacelle of the jumpship in the pinpointed distance and fired.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

The jumpship it had been escorting veered sharply to avoid colliding with the fireball.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

He looked for the shockfront and saw far off the fire lickings where the jumpship and the needlecraft had been.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

He watched helplessly as they boarded and the jumpship slinked back 'into the colossal clouds.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

The needlecraft trailing the jumpship spotted the fleeing Foke and broke off to run them down.

In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984