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Recent Examples of ordnance
The Los Angeles Times said Newsom was considering shutting parts of the road due to live ordnance for the military celebration off Camp Pendleton’s coast in which Navy ships would fire over the freeway onto the base.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Rescue workers warned there could be unexploded ordnance and bombs in the area.
—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
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Rescue workers warned there could be unexploded ordnance and bombs in the area.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordnance
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Ventura County deputies seized 92 pounds of drugs, hundreds of oxycodone pills and 14 guns during a narcotics bust in December.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Video shows the group pointing guns and repeatedly knocking on an apartment door in a building near 6th Avenue and Potomac Street in Aurora, Chamberlain said during a news conference.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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When Israel launched the surprise war against Iran last summer, the depth of its infiltration became evident when it was revealed that Israeli intelligence agents smuggled weapons into the country and used them to strike high-value targets from within Iranian territory.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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Ole Miss has enough dangerous weapons in quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, running back Kewan Lacy and wide receivers Harrison Wallace III, De’Zhaun Stribling and Deuce Alexander to make a tired defense pay.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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