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Recent Examples of nonlethal
Florida ranks as the No. 1 place in the world for the most nonlethal shark bites each year.
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USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Police in riot gear shut down encampments and fired nonlethal projectiles into crowds.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
There are parts of Usher’s bubble-gum dystopia that help Mystery Men still feel novel 22 years after release, like the villainous goons obsessed with disco, Tom Waits’s junkyard of nonlethal inventions, and Michael Bay playing a decent human being.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Even in nonlethal cases, cardiovascular disease can have long-lasting effects on an individual’s health and quality of life.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
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USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Police in riot gear shut down encampments and fired nonlethal projectiles into crowds.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
There are parts of Usher’s bubble-gum dystopia that help Mystery Men still feel novel 22 years after release, like the villainous goons obsessed with disco, Tom Waits’s junkyard of nonlethal inventions, and Michael Bay playing a decent human being.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Even in nonlethal cases, cardiovascular disease can have long-lasting effects on an individual’s health and quality of life.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonlethal
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The expansion would give the landfill another 10 to 15 years of use in accepting nontoxic household and commercial waste, according to the permit application.Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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The safest nontoxic material options for kitchen utensil are wood and stainless steel.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Police are investigating a nonfatal shooting in Hartford on Wednesday.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
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According to the story by reporter Sam Charles, homicides and nonfatal shootings in Chicago dropped 7% in 2024.F.K. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.Charles Passy, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
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This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.David Shultz, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
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The nondestructive technology resulted in thousands of X-rays of the mummies and their coffins.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
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Smart Objects make for nondestructive, reusable raster and vector images that update throughout your project.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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If the clog remains, use a biodegradable, noncorrosive pipe cleaner, or a household cleaner like hydrogen peroxide, to flush out the drain.Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2023
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The adjuvant in the University of Houston’s fentanyl vaccine is an enterotoxin, a chemical produced by the bacteria Escherichia coli and modified to be noninfectious.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
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But the immune system can be trained to make antibodies in response to an opioid like fentanyl through a vaccine that links bits of the drug to noninfectious bits of bacteria and uses substances called adjuvants.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
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The large nonvenomous constrictor captures its prey by ambushing it before coiling around it.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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The snake species is nonvenomous but does make a rattling sound when threatened.Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
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Those changes are unobjectionable and do not do much of anything to violate the historical fabric.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
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While a standard Whiskey Sour is a delightful experience, almost invariably mixed with bourbon and made smooth and unobjectionable with egg white, the Rattlesnake is that same framework but greener.Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Nonlethal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonlethal. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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