nonlethal
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Current rules limit exports to nonlethal uses, such as rescue missions, transportation and minesweeping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Judge Menendez's 83-page order bars federal agents from arresting and "using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity".
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
If those steps don’t work, Kellum said other options might include trapping and potentially using nonlethal projectiles, such as paint balls, to chase away, haze and deter them.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
In addition to the nonlethal hazing, the department encourages ranchers to hire “range riders,” essentially cowboys, to sleep in the pastures with the cows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025
When one of 'em lines up with a live contact, you get quite a little jolt—guaranteed nonlethal.
From Gambler's World by Laumer, Keith
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