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Recent Examples of ordnance
Among other issues, the board cited inadequate inventory of unexploded ordnance and insufficient inventory of ancient burials and associated artifacts.
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Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
While Trump drops posts like ordnance from a fighter jet, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, has been embracing a different form of posting as politics.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Designed to penetrate modern air defenses and carry massive ordnance, the B-21 features open-architecture systems that allow for rapid upgrades as technologies evolve.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The State Department also temporarily suspended global mine-clearing programs, including groups in Vietnam that have worked to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) left behind from the war.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
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Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
While Trump drops posts like ordnance from a fighter jet, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, has been embracing a different form of posting as politics.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Designed to penetrate modern air defenses and carry massive ordnance, the B-21 features open-architecture systems that allow for rapid upgrades as technologies evolve.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The State Department also temporarily suspended global mine-clearing programs, including groups in Vietnam that have worked to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) left behind from the war.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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