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Recent Examples of projectile
Investigators quickly identified a local high school student as the suspect and recovered an Orbeez-style gel projectile gun believed to have been used in the incident.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired on a tanker Saturday and an unknown projectile hit a container ship, according to incident reports from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Maritime authorities on Saturday reported gunfire and a projectile strike involving Indian vessels in the strait.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
Jasmine Nguyen was struck by a rocket projectile that misfired during a block party, flying across the street to her front year and lethally striking her.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired on a tanker Saturday and an unknown projectile hit a container ship, according to incident reports from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Maritime authorities on Saturday reported gunfire and a projectile strike involving Indian vessels in the strait.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
Jasmine Nguyen was struck by a rocket projectile that misfired during a block party, flying across the street to her front year and lethally striking her.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projectile
Noun
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Ukraine’s long-range drone and missile attacks have disrupted energy facilities and manufacturing deep inside Russia, with three regions reporting strikes Wednesday.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Ukraine’s long-range drone and missile attacks have disrupted energy facilities and manufacturing deep inside Russia, with three regions reporting strikes Wednesday.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
Noun
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And the Lakers — loaded with trade ammunition and cap space and forever wishing on star players — are going to be expected to make a play.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Flight 4765 was scheduled to fly from Denver to Phoenix on Sunday, May 10, when someone aboard found an ammunition magazine on the plane, Frontier said in a statement to USA TODAY this week.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Noun
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With that kind of volume, even small per-load savings translate to real money over a year.—
Ryan Brennan
May 13,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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What to know about DIY laundry detergent Most recipes call for ½ to 1 cup per full load.—
Ryan Brennan
May 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Specifically, carapaces spelling out 8647, which is either shell-speak for evil intent or a bartender telling Patel to 86 his personal booze and buy a drink already.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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The three shell eggs with broken shells in the reach-in cooler?—
David J. Neal
May 8,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Just remember — lean back, knees up and make like a cannonball.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The event Moskovitz is referring to occurred on March 21, when a 1-ton, 3-foot-wide meteor exploded over Texas, with a cannonball-sized fragment crashing through the roof of a house in Bammel, near Cypress Station, north of Houston, Texas.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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As a result of that mismatch, the buyer must issue an enormous slug of new stock to score.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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And now, at last, sperm passes from one slug to the other.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Noun
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No one wanted these little mints that came out of a plastic cartridge.—
Luke Burbank,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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The cartridge was still in the weapon.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Projectile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/projectile. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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