projectile

Example Sentences

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On Thursday, a ship operated by Maersk was hit by fragments of a projectile, causing a fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

No debris of a drone or projectile has yet been identified, emergency teams said.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

State media soon afterwards showed a projectile said to be launched at Israel bearing the slogan, "At Your Command, Sayyid Mojtaba", using an Islamic honorific.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The United Arab Emirates government said fragments of another projectile hit a residential building in the touristy Dubai Marina neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

As Chaplin, the Harvard historian, has argued, New England Indians were indeed disconcerted by their first experiences with European guns: the explosion and smoke, the lack of a visible projectile.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann