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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

The weak atmosphere and magnetic field also allow carcinogenic cosmic radiation to pelt Mars’s surface: One day spent outdoors there equals about two years of radiation exposure on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 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

Overhead, the cloud cover was low and gray, striped like a tiger’s pelt.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

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

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

Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

And her lashes were still honey red, and his as glossy black as the pelts of rivercats.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was stalked by a crowd that carried red flags, a symbol of revenge, and called him dishonorable as he was pelted with an unknown object.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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

Take an incident in late 2023, when environmental protesters pelted O’Leary with a pie in his face—an episode the CEO credits with spurring a 6% rise in bookings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026

The flanks of the horse flickered as they were pelted.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

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

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

Juneau was under a high wind warning until mid-afternoon and also experienced pelting rains.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

She gathered up rocks, and together the two of them started pelting the fire.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi