gunpowder

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Authorities vowed to stabilize investment with more fiscal gunpowder from the central government, according to the Xinhua readout of the gathering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Drones were spotted this month in France, loitering around a gunpowder plant and a train station where tanks are located.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

But some judges and state lawyers said the history shows that when new dangers arose — including stored gunpowder, dynamite and machine guns — new restrictions were written into law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

At the top of the hill is a stone turret, the eponymous powder house, where the British army arrived in 1774 to seize a stock of gunpowder.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025

You ever notice how the smell of gunpowder makes you thirsty?

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick