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Recent Examples of ordnance
What isn't confirmed is whether any of it is actually live ordnance, integrated, or even functional.
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New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025
Hamas senior official Mahmoud Mrdawi said on social media that the blast was a result of unexploded ordnance and the group had informed mediators.
—Julia Frankel The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025
But the losers may turn out to be like unexploded ordnance from World War II in European cities — unseen but with fuses that may explode with just a minor vibration.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
Flight crews conducted more than 1,000 air strikes against the Houthis with more than one million pounds of ordnance.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025
Hamas senior official Mahmoud Mrdawi said on social media that the blast was a result of unexploded ordnance and the group had informed mediators.
—Julia Frankel The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025
But the losers may turn out to be like unexploded ordnance from World War II in European cities — unseen but with fuses that may explode with just a minor vibration.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
Flight crews conducted more than 1,000 air strikes against the Houthis with more than one million pounds of ordnance.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordnance
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This means that the vivid surroundings can be undercut when a song guns for more a conventional payoff.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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In its first year in Marion County, the task force confiscated 367 guns and arrested 390 people, Steuerwald said.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The government brought forward major reforms and bans on assault-style weapons after the country suffered its worst-ever shooting attack in 2020, when a man impersonating a police officer killed 22 people in northern Nova Scotia.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Before the June war, Iran had been enriching uranium up to 60% purity, a short technical step away from weapons-grade levels.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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