bottle rockets

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Now, like two bottle rockets veering wildly off course, the NFL franchises cross paths again and face similar predicaments.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025

“All the people who call me are asking, ‘Do you sell bottle rockets?

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2022

D.C. police said the devices included Roman candles, bottle rockets and other fireworks.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2021

Mr. Miyares said the incident unnerved him, and he maintained that what Mr. Fetterman took to be gunshots were bottle rockets set off by a group of kids.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2021

There were pony rides, sparklers, bottle rockets, croquet, horseshoes, taffy pulls, and apple bobbing.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly