ordnance
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Humberside Police and Humberside Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they attended along with an explosive ordnance disposal team.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Poorly drafted emergency-power laws, some dating back to the early days of the Republic, are unexploded ordnance that could blow up the constitutional order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The rest of us would like to live tolerantly in some form or fashion without using nuclear ordnance on each other.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026
Another Apopo-trained rat, named Ronin, set a new world record in 2025 by uncovering 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
The shield was heavier than I would have liked, but do soldiers ever get to choose their ordnance?
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing ordnance
The Things They Carried
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Life of Pi
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