shrapnel
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Even threats that are shot down scatter dangerous shrapnel over large areas, and airports are often at risk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The national railway company said in a statement posted online that shrapnel caused damage to platforms at Tel Aviv's main station, announcing that trains were "temporarily suspended across the country".
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
The type of shrapnel bomb was "specific to IS attacks", the statement said.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Doctors were unable to remove some of the shrapnel from his skull and he “will have to live with metal pieces there for the rest of my life,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
Or she’d tell other planes to give priority to the one that had lost its flaps, or whose pilot had a lump of shrapnel lodged in his shoulder, or something like that.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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