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Recent Examples of ordnance
Rescue workers warned there could be unexploded ordnance and bombs in the area.
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Steven Scheer, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Cities around the world continue to encounter unexploded ordnance decades after the conflict.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
With his jaw clenched and sights set on being the next James Bond, Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Major Will Tranter, a bomb disposal pro who’s both an ace sniper and a bit of a loose cannon, breaking protocol in his obsessive attempt to deactivate the vintage ordnance with minimal casualties.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Guy will not see the Verdun purged of unexploded ordnance in his lifetime.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
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Steven Scheer, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Cities around the world continue to encounter unexploded ordnance decades after the conflict.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
With his jaw clenched and sights set on being the next James Bond, Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Major Will Tranter, a bomb disposal pro who’s both an ace sniper and a bit of a loose cannon, breaking protocol in his obsessive attempt to deactivate the vintage ordnance with minimal casualties.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Guy will not see the Verdun purged of unexploded ordnance in his lifetime.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordnance
Noun
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Guests are immersed into a storyline and given laser guns that shoot at different characters.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Both trials raise questions about who is responsible when children with access to guns carry out school shootings, a pervasive problem across the country.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The United States has imposed sanctions on eight North Korean individuals and two entities, accusing them of laundering funds from cybercrime and fraud and channeling them into the North’s nuclear weapons program.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The weapons are made from anything inmates could get their hands on, such as pieces of a desk or light fixture.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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