projectile
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And you can put stuff in a guy’s mouth and have him spit it out, but to really get a good projectile vomit, you need to have some sort of cannon apparatus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The British navy reported that a cargo vessel had been hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Only a minute fraction of the projectile is preserved in the planet's KT clay layer because the entire meteorite vaporized upon impact."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Strikes kicked off once more on Thursday after an Iranian projectile hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Charlie mopped up the last of my eggs with the projectile floor toast and stuffed it into his fat mouth.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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