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Recent Examples of projectile
Saudi Arabia said a falling military projectile killed two people from Bangladesh.
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Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
In his Monday order, Simon limited federal agents from using chemical or projectile munitions such as pepper balls and tear gas unless someone poses an imminent threat of physical harm.
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia reported its first deaths, saying a military projectile fell onto a residential area and killed two people of Indian and Bangladeshi nationality.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
Emir Balat, 18, the counterprotester accused of throwing that device and another smoking projectile, and Ibrahim Nikk, 19, who is accused of supplying one of them, were arrested at the scene on Saturday, the police said.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
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Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
In his Monday order, Simon limited federal agents from using chemical or projectile munitions such as pepper balls and tear gas unless someone poses an imminent threat of physical harm.
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Saudi Arabia reported its first deaths, saying a military projectile fell onto a residential area and killed two people of Indian and Bangladeshi nationality.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
Emir Balat, 18, the counterprotester accused of throwing that device and another smoking projectile, and Ibrahim Nikk, 19, who is accused of supplying one of them, were arrested at the scene on Saturday, the police said.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projectile
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In recent weeks, he and other analysts have been told that the Houthis have deployed missile launchers, drone-operating units, and military brigades throughout northern Yemen—from the Red Sea coastlines to the border with Saudi Arabia.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Anduril, which develops drones, missiles, robotic submarines and autonomous fighter jets, was founded in 2017 by Peter Thiel protégé Palmer Luckey.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Noting some confusion over the like-for-like numbers this year, given recent changes to the business structure, the analysts said that weapon and ammunition growth will remain elevated, and there is scope for its naval business to be resilient, too.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Videos published by Islamic State West Africa Province showed massive weaponry and ammunition, as well as dozens of motorcycles and vehicles that the extremists said were captured during the raids.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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This approach allows for ramping up or down instantly to maintain high efficiency across varying loads and perfectly match the natural, fluctuating power profile of the sun and wind.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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They were being forced to carry the load because LeBron James (right hip contusion and left foot arthritis) and backup centers Jaxson Hayes (back soreness) and Maxi Kleber (back) were all out with injuries.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Strewn near the bodies were spent shell casings and a shotgun shell.—
Daniel Wu,
Washington Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Several people were injured Friday when Afghan mortar shells landed in a village in Mohmand, a district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local official Mohammad Asif said.—
Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Brazil’s cannonball into the Oscars race isn’t an anomaly.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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For the most part, the couple prefers to salvage secondhand furniture, such as their cannonball rope bed and the 19th-century cupboard and settle bench the previous owners left behind.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
7 Feb. 2026
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The infection is often spread by people either eating undercooked snails or slugs, or through people eating raw produce that has whole or parts of infected snails or slugs, according to the report.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Tulip pests, including aphids, slugs, and snails, can also stunt the growth of the plant.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Recorded following the filming of his latest sci-fi, Ash (whose score is some of FlyLo’s most boilerplate, Stranger-Things-backwash sounding music yet), this short, seven-song EP dips back into the frantic BPMs of his earlier releases to see if there’s any juice left in the cartridge.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
9 Mar. 2026
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None of the firearms matched the cartridge casings found at the scene of the shooting, but the ammunition was the same type, according to the affidavit.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Projectile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/projectile. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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