How to Use short-range in a Sentence
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United to within a goal at 2-1 with his short-range tap-in.
—The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
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Some days, Hezbollah has fired up to 100 short-range rockets.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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The short-range ballistic missile was fired off at around 11:05 a.m.
—Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2023
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South Korea describes the weapon as a short-range missile system.
—Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
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Last May, the country test-launched a short-range ballistic missile from the same submarine.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
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Those weapons are comparatively short-range and low-yield.
—Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
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The cheap and widespread availability of quadcopters has changed how squads scout and fight, as hobbyist toys are turned by the tens of thousands into short-range eyes in the sky.
—Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
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More than a year of war has depleted Russia’s stocks of cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
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North Korea has provided Russia with dozens of short-range missiles and as many as 5 million artillery shells to use against Ukraine.
—Max Boot, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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But that, in turn, exposed them to Wagner’s short-range missiles and heavy anti-aircraft machine guns.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
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The Iron Dome is a series of batteries that use radars to detect incoming short-range rockets and intercept them.
—TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
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Initial shipments of small arms and short-range defensive weapons kept Russian troops from taking the capital.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
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But EVs still had their strengths, especially for the low-speed, short-range uses typical of urban centers.
—Kevin A. Wilson, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
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The kind of ship Hurtigruten Norway plans to operate may work great for short-range cruises, but is not feasible for the kinds of deep-sea cruises many travelers take.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
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In the Crossbar Challenge, Arsenal's players advanced first from the short-range first zone about 20 yards from goal where all three of their players successfully knocked the ball against the crossbar.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
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The system is Israel's primary air defense system for short-range missiles and rocket fire.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
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The Iron Dome is a mobile all-weather missile defense system, designed to detect and shoot down short-range rockets fired into Israel.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
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Russia is running low on conventional weapons such as artillery shells and short-range ballistic missiles as its war in Ukraine drags on.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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Since its June 15 launches of two short-range ballistic missiles, North Korea hasn’t performed any further public weapons tests.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
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The Iron Dome's short-range defense system intercepts most rockets fired toward Israel.
—NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
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In another show of force that month Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles, which landed in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
—Larry Register, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
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The likes of the Bingo and Seagull make the most of electric technology with their unpretentious utility for short-range use like the daily commute, shopping and school run, with no long-range claims.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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Around 10 red and green nuclear warheads were displayed alongside short-range ballistic missiles and long-range cruise missiles.
—Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2023
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Wallace traces cellphones back to World War II battlefields, where soldiers relied on short-range mobile radios to relay messages from the trenches.
—Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
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Tehran supplied Shiite militias in Iraq with short-range and close-range ballistic missiles in 2019, Taleblu said, but they had not been used until November's attacks.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2024
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But if telematic data is offered only through short-range Bluetooth connections, mechanics only get access when the car is in the shop.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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Last week, North Korea unveiled a new battlefield nuclear warhead to fit on short-range weapons targeting South Korea.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
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Thus, it’s optimized to engage enemies during the ‘pre-merge’ approach, before the enemy’s short-range missiles are within range.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2023
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Shortly after the submarine's arrival in Busan on Tuesday, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles in an apparent response to the rare port of call.
—Martha Raddatz, ABC News, 20 July 2023
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The implication, of course, is that the Russians’ electronic-warfare systems—short-range radio-jammers that should, in theory, ground FPVs—aren’t working.
—David Axe, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
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