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The munitions workshop, in a basement, largely converted conventional ordnance from old storehouses for uses its original manufacturers could not have imagined.
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Despite the danger of unexploded ordnance and the remaining presence of Israeli troops in parts of Lebanon, the pull of home is its own powerful force.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
Poland's military reacted to the attack by scrambling its own airforce within its borders, though there were no reports of Russian ordnance falling on Polish soil.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
Germany has a single major munitions disposal facility, and it is occupied with incinerating unexploded ordnance from around the globe, not least, incredibly, Nazi-era explosives still being unearthed from construction sites.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Despite the danger of unexploded ordnance and the remaining presence of Israeli troops in parts of Lebanon, the pull of home is its own powerful force.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
Poland's military reacted to the attack by scrambling its own airforce within its borders, though there were no reports of Russian ordnance falling on Polish soil.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
Germany has a single major munitions disposal facility, and it is occupied with incinerating unexploded ordnance from around the globe, not least, incredibly, Nazi-era explosives still being unearthed from construction sites.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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