metal
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It takes experienced scientists to safely mold volatile fissile material into uranium metal for a warhead and to build in other crucial components.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Formed in England in 1968, Deep Purple became known as one of the "unholy trinity" of British heavy metal bands, alongside Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Filled with my furniture, with paintings and posters leaning against its corrugated metal walls, it looked like the house in microcosm, as if I had moved, under duress, to a shipping container.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Fleshwater’s crystalline guitar leads and tidal currents of noise hit so much harder for the revving percussion, which moves with the dexterity of metal and hardcore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Maggie fumbles one-handed for a light switch, but the screech of metal on metal opens a gap behind her, illuminating the concrete walls of the cellar.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing metal
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Chemistry - Introductory
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Black and Gray
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