ordnance
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“The beach and Pacific Coast Highway were momentarily shut down while the ordnance was disposed of in place,” the post stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Police said an explosive ordnance disposal unit was examining the three suspicious vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Devon and Cornwall Police said partner agencies continued "to assess the unexploded ordnance", stressing work was "ongoing to determine the safest and most appropriate course of action".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The unexploded ordnance, some of which was heard going off during the dayslong effort to quench the fire, made it harder for firefighters to get close to the blaze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Hereupon the president was contented the fort should be palisadoed, the ordnance mounted, his men armed and exercised.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing ordnance
The Things They Carried
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Life of Pi
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