projectiles
Example Sentences
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Zelensky has said that Middle East countries used 800 PAC-3 interceptors to counter Iranian drones and other projectiles, adding that Ukraine had never had that many during its war.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
It said 111 projectiles were shot down or intercepted, but recorded 20 direct hits in 13 locations.
From BBC • May 13, 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
“We don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles, blood spatter analysis, all of those things we would normally get at a crime scene.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 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
