pellet
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It is illegal to discharge a pellet or BB gun outside an authorized target range in the city of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
When the first claims of pellet gun use, external emerged last week, Delhi police, external called it "completely false and misleading".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The law also prohibits throwing a “stone, pellet, bullet, arrow or any other missile, in, over, across, along or upon any street or sidewalk or in any public park.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Elsewhere, you might buy a “grill,” only to find yourself with a pellet smoker, which has more in common with your indoor oven than a Weber kettle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Uriah wrinkles his nose at his brother and puts the pellet gun away.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Two rhino calves have celebrated their first birthday with cakes made of pellets, carrots and salad leaves.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Perks said this was a crucial opportunity to collect the pellets.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dr Matthew Perks at Newcastle University and his colleagues are monitoring the movement of the nurdles and examining how the pellets may deteriorate in water.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Drywood termites eject tiny, hard fecal pellets from their wooden galleries.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Then I caught a glimpse of Jennifer, who was acting like she was dodging bird pellets.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
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The scientists calculated the balance of nutrients in edible portions of whole wild fish, used within pelleted salmon feed in Norway, compared to the farmed salmon fillets.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
When the grizzly family found the pelleted livestock grain they gorged for about an hour.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2020
Shrimp are fed a pelleted diet and are raised until they’re the proper size.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
The RNA precipitate was pelleted by centrifuging at 4,000 r.p.m. for 10 min at 4 °C. The pellet was rinsed with 1 ml 70% ethanol, air dried, and dissolved in RNase-free water.
From Nature ● Oct. 10, 2017
Tell Gordon I'm bringing in one hundred twenty thousand two hundred forty-five metric tons of pelleted uranexite.
From Masters of Space by Robert Lee Berry
When monsoon rains start pelleting down once again, they cover themselves with colorful plastic sheets, some laughing, singing and dancing as the water seeps through, leaving them soaking wet.
From US News ● Aug. 12, 2014
She stayed in Cuba four weeks, kept pelleting Castro with the pleas of her contacts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Patera Covers.—In cases where the style of ornament permits of it, patera covers are used instead of pelleting.
From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by William Fairham
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