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Recent Examples of retardant
Meanwhile, other airplanes are dropping fire retardant out ahead of the inferno, coating potential fuel with a layer of nonflammable chemicals and slowing its advance.
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Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Jahl noted these same retardant chemicals have also been added into the electrolyte solution of EV batteries.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
Federal data shows that more than 440 million gallons of retardant were applied to federal, state, and private land between 2009 and 2021.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Still, with crews on the ground and retardant and water drops, firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to Elderberry Canyon, the Castaic Hydroelectric Power Plant and surrounding communities, according to Cal Fire.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Jahl noted these same retardant chemicals have also been added into the electrolyte solution of EV batteries.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
Federal data shows that more than 440 million gallons of retardant were applied to federal, state, and private land between 2009 and 2021.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Still, with crews on the ground and retardant and water drops, firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to Elderberry Canyon, the Castaic Hydroelectric Power Plant and surrounding communities, according to Cal Fire.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retardant
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“Retardant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retardant. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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