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Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun will pelt the audience with references to other touchstones as the movie proceeds, including the slasher “Sleepaway Camp” and the David Lynch masterpiece “Mulholland Drive.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Japan's yukigassen federation emphasises the "mental challenge" posed by the game, in which players on both teams pelt their opponents while taking cover behind shelters.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

She said, “You were able to put your pelt back on. You’re spending more time in your seal suit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

By aiming above a wall, they could pelt the town behind it with beehives, scorpions, snakes, flaming pitch, rotten vermin, or excrement.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

“Blood and a pelt, hmm! You drive a tough bargain, doggie. All right. Bring me that bowl of borscht, would you, big sister?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain 400 years ago for their meat, furry water-resistant pelts and a substance they secrete called castoreum - used in food, medicine and perfume.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

Here, rampaging around in heavy pelts that double their girth, they’re clearly having a blast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

While there's little direct evidence of such garments, there is indirect evidence in the form of bone needles and the bones of fur-bearers whose pelts were used in the garments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

Human hunting of wildcats—for pelts and because they were seen as vermin—in Great Britain in medieval times eventually drove the animals up into the remote highlands of Scotland.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 6, 2023

They were not two wolves, as he had thought at first, but two Huntsmen in jackets of wolf pelts.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

We pelted experts with questions big and small about how to survive and even thrive—with one caveat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

‘They threw tomatoes’ ”—a reference to a scene in the ad in which she is pelted with the fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

But his small group was quickly overwhelmed—and pelted with water balloons.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026

The most viral moment came when Joe Wilkinson was giving a mock-serious speech about the RNLI, only to be pelted with a giant ball of pink paint, for no apparent reason.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

As the raindrops pelted my face, I realized I had a better, faster alternative.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

A man’s voice cut through the rain pelting the pitch-black Caribbean Sea, just audible between two boats tossed around by 10-foot waves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Fans began pelting the ring with garbage as Hogan announced the formation of the New World Order.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

The weather had improved in the hour or so before kick-off but it's pelting down again now.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024

Two years later, a shop selling musical instruments opened in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, her hometown, and An became a fixture there, pelting the owner with questions.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

Matthar and Jeren climbed the wall and began pelting them all with snowballs.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin