chaff
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New, compact chaff systems could protect long-range drones in a way that was once only possible for manned aircraft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
They also reportedly have dispensers for chaff -- metal shavings that distract radar-guided missiles -- and flares that blind heat-seeking missiles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The larger world, if it doesn’t directly impact the day-to-day,” she told me, “becomes chaff that you kind of block out because you’re so focused on trying to survive this crucible that you’re in.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
My peers would say we’ve always served that purpose, but sorting wheat from chaff isn’t the same as steering someone toward shows that are not simply satisfying but palliative.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
She tossed it repeatedly until the breeze blew the chaff away.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
“One American can relish hugely the entertainment afforded when one quizzical Englishman chaffs his shy, ineloquent countrymen without expecting all other Americans to shake with laughter at the same spectacle,” Woollcott wrote.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014
He snarls as well as chaffs at a world with the gout.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everybody chaffs everybody else in this house pretty freely.
From The Rebellion of Margaret by Twidle, Arthur
The man chaffs at worldly conventions, at the dullness of society, at the hypocrisy of so-called respectable people, and congratulates himself and his fair companion on the fun they are having.
From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon
Sunday school, Church-going, prayers given up because Jem chaffs so about them.
From Boys their Work and Influence by Anonymous
Other supporters chaffed at accusations that they are trying to ban books.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
These are a godsend for my inner thighs on long, sweaty summer runs, when they otherwise become a red chaffed mess.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019
Backstrom chaffed at Presidents’ Trophy talk late last season after winning it in 2009 preceded a first-round exit.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2016
Backstrom chaffed at Presidents' Trophy talk late last season after winning it in 2009 preceded a first-round exit.
From US News ● Oct. 3, 2016
As the crew rolled off a small 179 consignment of freight, the captain—a raw-boned, red-faced, and thoroughly good-humored man—leaned out of the pilot-house window and pleasantly chaffed us about our lowly conveyance.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
It causes less chaffing than other bras I’ve owned, too.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019
And it works very well to help prevent chaffing, too.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2019
I walked and ran through the heat of my chaffing toes and the cold of my shredded heels.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2018
At one point Mr Fucarile stops the interview - his new prosthetic leg is chaffing, and he is beginning to blister.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2014
Rondon kept his temper under control but made the chaffing remark, “Well, you have had a splendid bath, eh?”
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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