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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
springboard .
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Examples
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He springboarded from talk of trolleys to his stump speech on ending generational poverty, and never again mentioned any aspect of transportation policy.
Gray fills out transportation policy, wants to 'get people out of automobiles' 2010
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It springboarded them into greater emotional honesty and mature action.
Douglas LaBier: The Psychology of Affairs in Today's Culture 2010
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I just think it's fun to see how the Spanish edition artist has obviously springboarded off our Martiniere cover.
Archive 2006-09-01 Lou Anders 2006
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How he stumbled across a seemingly forgotten mid 90′s novel which was loaded with so many exciting ideas and then springboarded that into a wonderfully deep movie which surpasses the novel in terms of scope and imagination.
ABC will be telling us some FABLES | Obsessed With Film 2008
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I just think it's fun to see how the Spanish edition artist has obviously springboarded off our Martiniere cover.
Judging Books by their Covers, Part III Lou Anders 2006
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I think it springboarded off a couple of poems I wrote, oh, long time ago.
between the rock and the cold, cold sea -- Day hawkwing_lb 2007
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I did recently make an eggplant stir-fry with Japanese twist peppers and ground pork that springboarded off a Mark Bittman recipe.
Day 5: Hunan Chicken Vanessa 2007
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I did recently make an eggplant stir-fry with Japanese twist peppers and ground pork that springboarded off a Mark Bittman recipe.
Archive 2007-08-01 Vanessa 2007
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Bohn's lighthearted comment to the fans loosened everyone up, drew a big laugh and springboarded Bohn to his 28th title, one of the most emotional of his career.
USATODAY.com 2002
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One of their best-known figures was the governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, who springboarded to the presidency.
The Commanding Heights DANIEL YERGIN 1998
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