pellet

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

In the days following the crackdown, the government has not confirmed media reports that pellet guns were used on protesters.

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

"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

Instead, there was a pellet, and ‘L,’ and a pellet.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Scientists predict that the plastic pellets will continue to wash up on North East beaches as the clean up continues.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Some bacterial groups associated with fresh pellets disappeared as the samples aged.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Research published after the bistrifluron study found that the microbes inside those pellets may provide a kind of biological clock.

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

Then, by chance, two or three pellets happened to light on top of each other, and this transformed the behavior of everyone.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

The RNA precipitate was pelleted by centrifuging at 4,000 r.p.m. for 10 min at 4 °C. The pellet was rinsed with 1 ml 70% ethanol, air dried, and dissolved in RNase-free water.

From Nature ● Oct. 10, 2017

He pelleted and tested tracer, igniter, and incendiary compositions; he took his turn at burning out rejects.

From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

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