penetrator
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penetrators
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You cannot algorithmically reduce the amount of tungsten in a penetrator round.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Ballock, who took 79% of his shots from 3-point range last year, has worked to develop into a penetrator when he gets chased off the 3-point line.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2019
Wilkins would slot in next to fellow Clemson product Grady Jarrett inside as a disruptive penetrator with terrific character.
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2019
Instruments you might put on penetrator include a seismometer to study the interior of Europa, or a miniature laboratory to check for signs of interesting chemistry.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2016
Downward, in spite of the utmost possible effort of every projector and penetrator, and the two Terrestrial spectators, sick at heart, looked once at each other.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
The concepts range from remote-sensing instruments to penetrators that would try to burrow beneath Europa's ice-encrusted surface.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2016
The lander unit is actually made up of four landers; all will study seismology and geology, but two will act more as penetrators, allowing them to study rocks at a depth of 20 ft.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next on our list comes Johann Ernst Galliard, happily named as a composer of theatre music, one of our earliest German "peaceful penetrators."
From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson
If he is communing thoughtfully with mighty spirits like these—the penetrators to the central deep—is he not gaining, by the most royal road known to humanity, the most liberal education for the fullest life?
From Platform Monologues by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker
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