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  • I'll even withdraw it altogether, and assert that the trip delights me! that the Projectile is a thing after my own heart! that I was never in better spirits than at the present moment!

    All Around the Moon Jules Verne 1866

  • My goodness, how breathless with fear you must've been – good job vacuuming instead of pulling one of my signature moves: Projectile Vomit of Super Horror.

    Peace In A Dyson | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • "Projectile pumpkins" -- once a novelty -- have become a popular Halloween attraction.

    Lori's A.M. Buzz: Run, rally or eat candy Washington Post editors 2010

  • As Hambling notes, results from safety and field tests of Taser's new gear, which includes the eXtended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP) above, is coming along far more slowly.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Projectile vomit projects; spit-up merely bubbles up like lava from a volcano.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Projectile vomiting may be confused with reflux spit-ups; the difference lies in how far the stuff flies.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Projectile velocity varies from non-lethal at 10 metres, to lethal at 100 metres or more, as desired,” says Lund.

    Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets « Isegoria 2008

  • He shows us his Silicon Projectile Centrifuge (a lovely lethal weapon that shoots marbles at high velocity), a combination lamp/bong, and other exotica from the halls of beautiful Eccentric Manors.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Projectile vomiting may be confused with reflux spit-ups; the difference lies in how far the stuff flies.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Projectile vomit projects; spit-up merely bubbles up like lava from a volcano.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

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