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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

Shrugging off the lion pelt, she knelt beside the corpse and closed the dead man’s eyes, ignoring Jhiqui’s gasp.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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 setting for this mystery is ingeniously established with a picture frame enclosing the image of a gloomy mansion as lightning flashes in the evening sky and rain pelts noisily down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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

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

The early morning sun shone like gold on their glossy pelts.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

I was not surprised to learn that several of my friends are in Guthrie-themed group chats; they’ve pelted me with their postulations all week long.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 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, overall, some travelers dodged shutdown bullets, others were pelted as airlines canceled more than 10,000 flights in the last week alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

His convoy was pelted with rocks on the campaign trail.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

Ekon winced as the first drizzles of rain pelted his bare arms, slicking his sandals so that every step was harder and harder.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

It’s not possible to eliminate all of that — or the sirens that bothered Nick Kyrgios last year or the thwack of rain drops that Andy Murray once complained about pelting the shut Ashe roof.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

At that very moment, a heavy black Bludger came pelting toward him; he avoided it so narrowly that he felt it ruffle his hair as it passed.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling