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Others thinking along similar lines include Drone Amplified, a startup whose unmanned aerial vehicles drop balls containing fire-starting chemicals to ignite controlled burns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Tackles from behind were only outlawed in 1998 and in recent years rules around goal-kicks, kick-offs and drop balls have been changed too.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2022
But coming out of halftime, Florida outscored their opponent 21-0 and caused problems for the Tennessee passing attack, though some drop balls from the Vols surely helped.
From Fox News ● Sep. 28, 2021
On the Story Time stage, struggling jugglers drop balls and acrobats miss their cues.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2019
The drone uses 20 rotors to lift two firefighters up to the scene of the blaze where they drop balls of “fire extinguishing powder” into canons to extinguish the flames.
From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2017
