projectiles

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Israel's military said it intercepted a drone and two projectiles that crossed the border.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

South Korea said on Tuesday the North fired several projectiles, including a ballistic missile, off its west coast, the latest in a flurry of tests this year.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

It still might not be the best idea to let people throw projectiles as the night goes on, though.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Other ships have been hit by projectiles, in the strait and in the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

This was a reasonable view, since they were the only tools needed for Copernican astronomy and for Galileo’s two new sciences, the science of projectiles and the science of load-bearing structures.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton