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pellet

[pel-it] / ˈpɛl ɪt /


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In the days following the crackdown, the government has not confirmed media reports that pellet guns were used on protesters.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The Central Reserve Police Force didn't respond to our questions about the use of pellet guns and the injuries protesters appeared to sustain.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The law also prohibits throwing a “stone, pellet, bullet, arrow or any other missile, in, over, across, along or upon any street or sidewalk or in any public park.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

He really didn’t want the pellet buried beneath his skin to open up while it was still inside him.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Bellis said he could spot 68 different grades of wool as he had worked through the fleeces, with the best destined for formal wear while others ended up as slug pellets.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

And while most people associate the versatile fibre with jumpers and blankets, it is also used in products ranging from flood protection systems to slug pellets, further helping fuel demand.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

With these cookers, set the internal temperature and the computer takes over, feeding small compressed hardwood pellets into the fire as needed to hold the target heat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The plastic, rice-sized pellets he buys for local phone case and EV battery factories jumped wildly in March, triggering days of panic that jammed the small town's roads as factories rushed to stock up.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

A spray of pellets followed, stinging into their hindquarters so that they leaped simultaneously and redoubled their speed.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

The scientists calculated the balance of nutrients in edible portions of whole wild fish, used within pelleted salmon feed in Norway, compared to the farmed salmon fillets.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

When the grizzly family found the pelleted livestock grain they gorged for about an hour.

From Washington Times Nov. 28, 2020

Shrimp are fed a pelleted diet and are raised until they’re the proper size.

From Washington Times Oct. 10, 2020

BAC DNA was pelleted by centrifugation at 13,000 r.p.m. and 4 °C for 20 min.

From Nature May 8, 2018

Tell Gordon I'm bringing in one hundred twenty thousand two hundred forty-five metric tons of pelleted uranexite.

From Masters of Space by Robert Lee Berry

When monsoon rains start pelleting down once again, they cover themselves with colorful plastic sheets, some laughing, singing and dancing as the water seeps through, leaving them soaking wet.

From US News Aug. 12, 2014

She stayed in Cuba four weeks, kept pelleting Castro with the pleas of her contacts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Patera Covers.—In cases where the style of ornament permits of it, patera covers are used instead of pelleting.

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by William Fairham




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