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Recent Examples of ordnance
Video shows the projectiles that hit the hospital staircase were coming from the northeast and were consistent with tank shells, according to an analysis by Trevor Ball, a former US Army senior explosive ordnance disposal team member.
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Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
With each modification, a new dummy bomb was built by an ordnance squadron commanded by Charlie Begg, whose father was a Charlotte jeweler.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine watches a test video of the ordnance used in the attack on Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2025.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Three veteran Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who specialize in arson and explosives investigations were killed when military-style ordnance detonated at a training facility on Friday morning, authorities said.
—Camila Bernal, NBC news, 19 July 2025
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Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
With each modification, a new dummy bomb was built by an ordnance squadron commanded by Charlie Begg, whose father was a Charlotte jeweler.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine watches a test video of the ordnance used in the attack on Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2025.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Three veteran Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who specialize in arson and explosives investigations were killed when military-style ordnance detonated at a training facility on Friday morning, authorities said.
—Camila Bernal, NBC news, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordnance
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And in Utah, where Kirk was murdered, lawmakers recently changed the law to clarify that people can openly carry guns on college campuses, including students as young as 18 years old.—
John Feinblatt,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The American electorate has made its views on guns clear again and again.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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So far in September, Russian forces conducted two major airstrikes of 500 airborne weapons, with 2,147 drones dispatched in total.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The United States is moving forward with plans to establish what could become the world’s largest weapons manufacturing hub in the Philippines’ Subic Bay, once home to the biggest US naval base in Asia, to counter China’s expanding military presence in the region.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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