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Examples
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It was the grouse I had just shot at and "missed" (found some of my copper-plated 7-1/2s in it).
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I was using a 2 3/4 non-magnum Federal 9 pellet load with the premium copper-plated pellets out of an 870 Remington with a modified choke tube. 5 of the 9 pellets hit right behind the shoulder in a pattern about the size of my hand.
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It was the grouse I had just shot at and "missed" (found some of my copper-plated 7-1/2s in it).
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I was using a 2 3/4 non-magnum Federal 9 pellet load with the premium copper-plated pellets out of an 870 Remington with a modified choke tube. 5 of the 9 pellets hit right behind the shoulder in a pattern about the size of my hand.
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It took the government two years to fully introduce the copper-plated, one-cent zinc piece.
Will Nickel-Free Nickels Make a Dime's Worth of Difference? 2010
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From 1982 to the present, Lincoln Cents have been made of copper-plated zinc.
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But when these copper-plated machines begin to revolt against their human masters, our characters must fight back using state-of-the-art 19th-century technology--and a sleek new model of ultra-human cyborgs like nothing the world has ever seen.
Literary mashups 2010
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Levi Strauss & Co Archives From copper-plated to stone-washed, see the history of jeans in America.
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After a short while, people had lost most records of this man and would wonder at the small pieces of copper-plated zinc they came across from time to time.
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They received detentions for slowing the cafeteria line and disrespecting lunch aides, who had to count the 5,800 copper-plated coins, said Superintendent Jorden Schiff.
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