projectile
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And you can put stuff in a guy’s mouth and have him spit it out, but to really get a good projectile vomit, you need to have some sort of cannon apparatus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Maritime Trade Operations agency saying Monday that a cargo vessel off the Omani coast was struck by an unknown projectile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Only a minute fraction of the projectile is preserved in the planet's KT clay layer because the entire meteorite vaporized upon impact."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Attacks on ships in the waterway have continued, with the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency on Friday saying a tanker was struck by a projectile off the coast of Oman overnight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Instead, I watched the tiny projectile land and lodge itself amid Cap’s cascading piles of long hair.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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