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
“A pellet cooker is a cheat code that gives you back about 85% of your time,” said Joe Zavala, of Zavala’s Barbecue outside Dallas, where he opts for the old-school route, with offset smokers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
Drywood termites eject tiny, hard fecal pellets from their wooden galleries.
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
The company was considered one of the winners of the green-energy boom, and demand for wood pellets was rising when it imploded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I’d like Blackberry and Fiver to hear as well. But let’s go underground now. If you don’t want to chew pellets, I do.”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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
The miners, instead of concentrate, now emitted vastly larger streams of Navy-Standard pelleted uranexite.
From Masters of Space by Robert Lee Berry
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
