bottle rockets
Example Sentences
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The air became thick with white smoke as people burned out their tires while stuck in traffic or fired off bottle rockets from the back of trucks.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
Firecrackers, bottle rockets and missiles are illegal to possess or discharge anywhere outside of tribal lands, according to the Washington State Patrol.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2023
At times, Rachlin’s balance between tune and tooth tilted a bit too hard toward the latter, and a few of his highest notes flew off like bottle rockets.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022
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
The questions launched through his mind like bottle rockets.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
