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pellet

[pel-it] / ˈpɛl ɪt /


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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

But he did not comment on the use of pellet guns.

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

"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

A single uranium pellet, just half an inch across, can produce the same amount of energy as 1 ton of coal or 149 barrels of oil.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

“She survived devastating trauma, two pellets lodged in her head, and a relentless infection that gradually destroyed part of her jaw — yet she continued adapting, searching for food and fighting to remain alive.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The trades obligated Enviva to buy more than $650 million of wood pellets at record-high prices, which led to the company’s bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The executives arranged a series of trades in which Enviva would sell pellets to Germany’s RWE at those record prices, immediately boosting the company’s bottom line and their chances of earning bonuses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Bellis said he could spot 68 different grades of wool as he had worked through the fleeces, with the best destined for formal wear while others ended up as slug pellets.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The plutonium is inside a bunch of pellets, each one sealed and insulated to prevent radiation leakage, even if the outer container is breached.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

BAC DNA was pelleted by centrifugation at 13,000 r.p.m. and 4 °C for 20 min.

From Nature May 8, 2018

Strolling bushrangers, if they escape being pelleted with lead by the enthusiastic rabbit hunters who bang suddenly among thickets, will find many vistas of loveliness.

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley

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

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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