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
When the first claims of pellet gun use, external emerged last week, Delhi police, external called it "completely false and misleading".
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
Outdoor cooking has never been more confusing, what with pellet smokers that call themselves grills and charcoal grills that require electricity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
She stared down at the bedspread, found a thread, and began rolling it into a pellet.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Perks said this was a crucial opportunity to collect the pellets.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
On Friday the Danish Environment Protection Agency confirmed pellets found on the country's western coast had also likely originated from the Tyne spill.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The pellets from the spill have been found along the English coast from Northumberland to North Yorkshire.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Drywood termites eject tiny, hard fecal pellets from their wooden galleries.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Dry little pellets of snow, like tiny spheres of polystyrene, chased around in swirls.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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
Till, by degrees, the memory of my womb, Together with my brave Egyptians all, By the discandying of this pelleted storm, Lie graveless,—till the flies and gnats of Nile Have buried them for prey!
From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
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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