projectiles
Example Sentences
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Such combined assaults expose a vulnerability in Western air defenses that rely on expensive interceptors to shoot down incoming projectiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Iran state media reported the country's deputy governor for security as saying four projectiles had hit the counties of Chabahar and Konarak.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
In further comments to the Focus news outlet, a spokesman for the operator said homemade projectiles, resembling fireworks typically used on New Year's Eve in Germany, were used in the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Earlier, oil prices edged higher after reports that two oil tankers in the strait were struck by projectiles amid a sharp decline in commercial shipping through the key global energy route.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
In the end, early modern science defeated two of the most difficult practical problems it had set itself: the calculation of the path of projectiles under real-life conditions, and the measurement of longitude.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
