bottle rockets
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Firing bottle rockets and other fireworks is a traditional way of welcoming the new year and seeing off any lingering bad memories.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024
Richwine said illegal fireworks include skyrockets, bottle rockets, Roman candles, aerial shells, M-80s or “anything that will be propelled into the air, explode or travel across the ground uncontrollably.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2022
D.C. police said the devices included Roman candles, bottle rockets and other fireworks.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2021
Mr. Miyares said the incident unnerved him, and he maintained that what Mr. Fetterman took to be gunshots were bottle rockets set off by a group of kids.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2021
The questions launched through his mind like bottle rockets.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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