pellet
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"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
Its 2025 performance was driven by record levels of biomass generation, pellet production and earnings from its hydro unit, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The resulting plastic pellet could then be removed every few dozen washes and thrown away with general waste.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
The fim said trading was boosted by the performance of its flexible generation, pellet production and biomass operations.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The plastic pellet bounces off the center of the target and rolls along the ground.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
The supplies needed to keep them running - coking coal and iron pellets - are also running low.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The team also suggested that owl pellets may have served as fuel, which could explain why the tiny rodent bones contained within them show signs of burning.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
The plastic, rice-sized pellets he buys for local phone case and EV battery factories jumped wildly in March, triggering days of panic that jammed the small town's roads as factories rushed to stock up.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Norfolk Wildlife Trust put in a formal objection, claiming pellets from the pitch could spread into the surrounding area, which is close to Sweet Briar Marshes and the River Wensum.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Past the store that sold paper pellets that opened up into flowers when you dropped them in a glass of water.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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
Tell Gordon I'm bringing in one hundred twenty thousand two hundred forty-five metric tons of pelleted uranexite.
From Masters of Space by Berry, Robert Lee
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 Fairham, William
