chaff

New, compact chaff systems could protect long-range drones in a way that was once only possible for manned aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

They also reportedly have dispensers for chaff -- metal shavings that distract radar-guided missiles -- and flares that blind heat-seeking missiles.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

“The larger world, if it doesn’t directly impact the day-to-day,” she told me, “becomes chaff that you kind of block out because you’re so focused on trying to survive this crucible that you’re in.”

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

My peers would say we’ve always served that purpose, but sorting wheat from chaff isn’t the same as steering someone toward shows that are not simply satisfying but palliative.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

She was silent for a moment as though sifting the words she needed from the chaff of her thoughts.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

“One American can relish hugely the entertainment afforded when one quizzical Englishman chaffs his shy, ineloquent countrymen without expecting all other Americans to shake with laughter at the same spectacle,” Woollcott wrote.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014

He snarls as well as chaffs at a world with the gout.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Sherman waxed enthusiastic on your 'old-world courtesy' and the General, who chaffs the old lady, remarked that she had been equally laudatory before she discovered your rank.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

The man chaffs at worldly conventions, at the dullness of society, at the hypocrisy of so-called respectable people, and congratulates himself and his fair companion on the fun they are having.

From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by William Lyon Phelps

So he goes out with the young fellows, and all the way to the place where they are to fight, he chaffs and badgers them.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Edward J. (Edward Jackson) Lowell

Other supporters chaffed at accusations that they are trying to ban books.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

He no longer had complete control over his music and chaffed when it was suggested he do an Elvis cover.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2020

These are a godsend for my inner thighs on long, sweaty summer runs, when they otherwise become a red chaffed mess.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019

Backstrom chaffed at Presidents' Trophy talk late last season after winning it in 2009 preceded a first-round exit.

From US News ● Oct. 3, 2016

As the crew rolled off a small 179 consignment of freight, the captain—a raw-boned, red-faced, and thoroughly good-humored man—leaned out of the pilot-house window and pleasantly chaffed us about our lowly conveyance.

From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Reuben Gold Thwaites

It causes less chaffing than other bras I’ve owned, too.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019

And it works very well to help prevent chaffing, too.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2019

I walked and ran through the heat of my chaffing toes and the cold of my shredded heels.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2018

At one point Mr Fucarile stops the interview - his new prosthetic leg is chaffing, and he is beginning to blister.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2014

Rondon kept his temper under control but made the chaffing remark, “Well, you have had a splendid bath, eh?”

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple