tear gas
Example Sentences
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After being taken to the hospital to be treated for exposure to tear gas, he was released and booked into the Valley jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
And when they turned to humour, it was almost always self-directed: joking about the kilometres logged fleeing baton charges or the absurdity of filming an outfit reveal moments before running into tear gas.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"We don't want tear gas and running battles in the streets. We are too old for that," one of the parents told journalists in Nairobi.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
AFP journalists saw several people arrested by police, who also fired tear gas to disperse the growing crowds.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Ugwu was puzzled at first, before he realized that Harrison did not know what tear gas was either but would never admit it.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
