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Illumination’s film aims to capture the radiant Mushroom Kingdom, a place where pretty much anything can happen and even torpedo-like projectiles have anthropomorphic qualities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
During a recent war in May, Israel says it thwarted an attempt by Hamas to launch a torpedo-like underwater drone at Israeli targets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
Most data is from 3,800 free-drifting Argo floats dispersed across the oceans, but some comes from torpedo-like bathythermographs dropped from ships in the past.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2021
Without this metal underbrush, the roadsters’s fuselage is even tapered and torpedo-like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2018
The Hunley was originally designed to attack a ship using a torpedo-like explosive floating device that was towed at the end of a long rope.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
