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It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

How could they stay on the same October field against an All-Star team that has just spent three nights pulverizing them?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2023

Instead, regulations centered on coal dust, a separate hazard created by crushing or pulverizing coal rock that also contributes to black lung.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

In contrast, corn chips are created by pulverizing corn kernels into a dough, mixing it with water, and subjecting the slurry to intense heat and pressure using an extruder.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2023

She leaped aside as the monster struck, pulverizing the ground in front of her.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan