pellet

Example Sentences

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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

A uranium-fuel pellet the size of a fingertip packs as much energy as roughly one ton of coal or 149 gallons of oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

Steel and small amounts of oil are extracted, as well as carbon black - a powder or pellet that can be used in various industries.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

Even Napoleon, who was directing operations from the rear, had the tip of his tail chipped by a pellet.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell