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pellet

[pel-it] / ˈpɛl ɪt /


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It is illegal to discharge a pellet or BB gun outside an authorized target range in the city of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But he did not comment on the use of pellet guns.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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

A single uranium pellet, just half an inch across, can produce the same amount of energy as 1 ton of coal or 149 barrels of oil.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Dr Matthew Perks at Newcastle University and his colleagues are monitoring the movement of the nurdles and examining how the pellets may deteriorate in water.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Recovery is largely being paid for by insurers representing BG Orange, which was carrying the pellets, as well as local councils and the Port of Tyne.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The pellets from the spill have been found along the English coast from Northumberland to North Yorkshire.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Poulos and his colleagues examined fresh western drywood termite pellets along with samples aged for three months, six months, and one year.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The pellets under the skin of Boxer’s leg smarted painfully.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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

The miners, instead of concentrate, now emitted vastly larger streams of Navy-Standard 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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