projectile
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Unretouched triangular microlithic projectile points have been identified from their impact traces in the oldest occupation layers of the Obi-Rakhmat site in Uzbekistan, dating to 80,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
An unknown projectile struck a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, the British navy’s marine-traffic monitoring agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
On 3 August, shipping security firm Vanguard reported the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Minoan Pioneer was struck by a projectile near Oman.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
And you can put stuff in a guy’s mouth and have him spit it out, but to really get a good projectile vomit, you need to have some sort of cannon apparatus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
As Chaplin, the Harvard historian, has argued, New England Indians were indeed disconcerted by their first experiences with European guns: the explosion and smoke, the lack of a visible projectile.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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