tear gas
Example Sentences
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"We don't want tear gas and running battles in the streets. We are too old for that," one of the parents told journalists in Nairobi.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Whether the substance was tear gas — which, incidentally, is a powder, not a gas — or pepper spray is unclear.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Police fired tear gas at the protesters who dispersed, the AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
SRG doesn’t use tear gas or shoot “pepper balls” or rubber bullets as seen in other cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Doctors and nurses administered first aid for cuts and bruises and the effects of tear gas as marchers lay moaning and weeping on couches, chairs and the floor.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
