projectiles
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, Saudi authorities issued a series of brief security alerts for incoming projectiles in a number of western areas, including Mecca and Jeddah, the kingdom's second largest city.
From BBC β Sep. 16, 2026
Oil rose $4.46 per barrel, or 5.20% to $90.22 a barrel in New York after reports that two oil tankers carrying Saudi oil were hit by rockets and other projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 1, 2026
Greek maritime risk management firm Marisks said Tuesday that two crude tankers were hit by "unknown projectiles" late the previous day.
From Barron's β Sep. 1, 2026
Two oil supertankers were reportedly hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 1, 2026
This was a reasonable view, since they were the only tools needed for Copernican astronomy and for Galileo’s two new sciences, the science of projectiles and the science of load-bearing structures.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
