pellet
Example Sentences
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The inside contains a combination of mineral pellets that clean your fabrics.
From Washington Post
He showed the confidential informant a sealed glass jar designed to explode and project glass fragments and shotgun pellets, and the informant was able to capture video of it, according to court documents.
From Seattle Times
He left the wrecked vehicle shouting “God is great” in Arabic, wielding paintball and pellet guns, before being shot by a police officer.
From Seattle Times
But some 598,500 units installed in 2022 still rely on gas, and the remainder on heating oil and biomass, such as wood pellets from sawmill industry waste.
From Reuters
A toasted rice aroma hangs around the factory line, where rice is combined with small plastic beads, heated and kneaded before being extruded in thin rods that are cooled and cut into tiny brown pellets.
From Reuters
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