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projectile

[pruh-jek-til, -tahyl] / prəˈdʒɛk tɪl, -taɪl /
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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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