Input: Identify the most salient words:

athlete misses out on the chance to challenge for a third consecutive triumph in the event

Output: athlete
chance
event
miss

Input: Identify the most salient words:

today in field of study became the first woman to travel in space when she traveled aboard spacecraft .

Output: field
space
travel

Input: Identify the most salient words:

my first time ... we had some time to kill before crossing the border into constitutional republic .

Output: border
cross
kill

Input: Identify the most salient words:

some food is laying on some circular bread

Output:
bread
food
lay