paintball
noun
paint·ball
ˈpānt-ˌbȯl 
: a game in which two teams try to capture each other's flag while defending their own using compressed-air guns that shoot paint-filled pellets
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Last week, that bear was chased out with paintball pellets, a tactic used by the BEAR League, a nonprofit based in Lake Tahoe, to run the bear out.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
One team member crawled inside and fired paintballs filled with vegetable oil, wildlife organization BEAR League told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Villalobos said the students used training guns with paintballs substituting for bullets.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Three men were arrested on felony charges accused of shooting a paintball gun at off-duty officers who were on a run Saturday in Homestead, according to a police affidavit.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Paintball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintball. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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