pellet
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They said they did not even possess pellet guns.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Testosterone therapy can be delivered through the application of a daily gel, weekly home injections, twice-a-day pills or an implanted pellet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
Then he wagged his tail at a gray pellet on the ground.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
"But these pellets are not safe. They can result in life-changing or, occasionally, life-threatening injuries. They also pepper the body with toxic lead, which can sometimes be difficult to remove safely," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The supplies needed to keep them running - coking coal and iron pellets - are also running low.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
With these cookers, set the internal temperature and the computer takes over, feeding small compressed hardwood pellets into the fire as needed to hold the target heat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As they process that seawater, excess calcium and carbonate ions are removed from the body and released as solid calcium carbonate pellets called ichthyocarbonates.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
Now they displayed the greatest interest and directed their attention obsessively to the primitive column, adding new pellets and fragments of earth.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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
He pelleted and tested tracer, igniter, and incendiary compositions; he took his turn at burning out rejects.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
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
