gunpowder

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One Tehran local told the BBC that the city had been turned into a "ghost town" with empty streets and a lingering smell of gunpowder.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Authorities vowed to stabilize investment with more fiscal gunpowder from the central government, according to the Xinhua readout of the gathering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

One recent target was the Bryansk Chemical Plant that makes gunpowder, explosives and components for rocket fuel for ammunition and missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

At the top of the hill is a stone turret, the eponymous powder house, where the British army arrived in 1774 to seize a stock of gunpowder.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025

Gunpowder was even harder to get, but all over New England saltpeter, sulphur, and charcoal were being ground to a paste, made into gunpowder.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes