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CAMBRIDGE, England—Every summer, students here line up in dozens of boats, wait for a cannon to fire, then pelt around the narrow bends of the River Cam trying to smash the crew in front.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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

Are those opposing coaches looking for their Carson Palmer pelt on the wall?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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

It was no ghost, merely a gray-furred pelt stuffed with sawdust and outfitted with yellow glass eyes that reflected the candlelight in a hauntingly lifelike way.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Denmark is one of the few European countries to still produce mink fur, one of the more common pelts used in making fur garments.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Chargers are making their season debut at SoFi Stadium, and they already have two big pelts to hang on the wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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

The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

Rain pelts the car as we drive through the university gates on Friday morning.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

In Berlin, a protest that was not organised by the "GenZ regelt!" movement took place in the evening, with police reporting they were pelted with eggs and bottles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

Our team of reporters pelted experts with questions about how to survive and even thrive—with one stipulation: We wanted practical, truly executable counsel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The funniest moment comes when quarterback Dak Prescott enters the room and immediately gets pelted by paper cups as his teammates shout, “Tylers only!”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026

The watch dogs, when they caught sight of Odysseus, faced him, a snarling troop, and pelted out viciously after him.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

With his next pitch, Vásquez fired it even more inside, pelting Ohtani’s right thigh with a 94 mph fastball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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

Typically, they are caught by an unforeseen change of conditions or combination of changes—a sudden drop in temperature, a cold pelting rain, the realization that they are lost—for which they are emotionally or physically underequipped.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson