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Blanks — which contain gunpowder but not a real bullet — are sometimes used to more effectively mirror the effects of shooting a firearm, such as recoil.
How dangerous are U.S. film sets? ‘Rust’ shooting death sparks calls for change. | Bryan Pietsch, Annabelle Timsit | October 24, 2021 | Washington PostInstead, he developed a new concept based on the energy recoil of tendons and ligaments.
Para-Athletes Use Some of the Most Innovative Gear We’ve Seen | agintzler | September 10, 2021 | Outside OnlineWhen looking for signs of electrons recoiling as other particles slammed into them, the team observed extra recoils of electrons at low energies, well beyond the number predicted by standard physics.
An unexpected result from a dark matter experiment may signal new particles | Emily Conover | June 17, 2020 | Science News
In their new analysis, the physicists examined electronic recoils in the first year’s worth of XENON1T data.
Dark Matter Experiment Finds Unexplained Signal | Natalie Wolchover | June 17, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThey used to treat these “electronic recoils” as background noise, and indeed many of these events are caused by mundane sources such as radioactive lead and krypton isotopes.
Dark Matter Experiment Finds Unexplained Signal | Natalie Wolchover | June 17, 2020 | Quanta MagazineYour foulness no longer surprises you, but you have realized its power when you encounter clean soldiers and you both recoil.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Technically, all guns have recoil,” Steve told me via email.
I noticed when watching Biathlon that the guns seem to have no recoil when fired.
Erupting into spontaneous song and having strangers fully embrace it rather than recoil?
The First ‘Glee’ Without Cory Monteith Was Blissfully Joyous | Kevin Fallon | September 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThese women do not like being beaten, and I literally recoil whenever I hear others blame them for staying.
Domestic Abuse: The Crime That Crosses Class and Color Lines | Rikki Klieman | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDanton began to recoil from the gulf opening before him, and wished to return to alliance with the Girondists.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottA slight tremor passed over the whiteness of her face; he took it for the vibration of some spiritual recoil.
The Creators | May SinclairMay this blood recoil upon those who are really guilty of those crimes.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacWhen the enemy approached, one or two volleys caused his column to recoil in confusion.
The recoil staggered him, but he recovered himself without going over, and instantly roared out a horse-laugh.
Overland | John William De Forest
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