pellet
Example Sentences
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Patrick Wilson plays one of the nervous teachers who have been issued pellet guns in anticipation of another attack.
The pieces appear to be part of a round plastic pellet that was filled with a pinkish powder.
From Los Angeles Times
While an environmental disaster from the jet fuel spillage was averted, the coastguard undertook a clean-up operation after discovering clumps of plastic pellets, or nurdles, in the sea and washed ashore.
From Barron's
The resulting plastic pellet could then be removed every few dozen washes and thrown away with general waste.
From Science Daily
Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse.
From Barron's
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