pellet
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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
The Central Reserve Police Force didn't respond to our questions about the use of pellet guns and the injuries protesters appeared to sustain.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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
About 95 percent of each pellet is uranium 238, an isotope with a half-life of 4.5 billion years.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Scientists predict that the plastic pellets will continue to wash up on North East beaches as the clean up continues.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A similarly large decline occurred in pellets from termites fed Douglas fir, a wood commonly used for house framing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
They found that bacterial DNA declined dramatically as the pellets aged.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
“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
They place pellets atop pellets, then throw up columns and beautiful, curving, symmetrical arches, and the crystalline architecture of vaulted chambers is created.
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
Any visible expression of nature would surely be pelleted with his jeers.
From Men, Women, and Boats by Stephen Crane
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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