pellet gun
Example Sentences
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One woman was detained after she was shot with a pellet gun and went to a hospital in Tehran for treatment, a close friend said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
A BB or pellet gun was recovered at the scene, police said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2023
Those visible-wavelength photons, Johnson says, are much like projectiles from a pellet gun “striking the sail and reflecting off, each time transferring a bit of their momentum to the sail.”
From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2022
She told a dispatcher her husband thought someone may have fired a pellet gun, the statement says.
From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2022
Uriah wrinkles his nose at his brother and puts the pellet gun away.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
