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a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
it is possible to make your own bullets, but it takes a lot of patience and some extra money
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Recent Examples of bullets
Tracing a ghost gun’s bullets in criminal investigations can be difficult.
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Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Antimony is used in solar cells and increasingly in defense technology like infrared missiles and nuclear weapons and as a hardening agent for bullets and tanks.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Multi-sentence bullets take much longer to read.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
One-line bullets show ‘such intentionality’ First, Wood likes short bullets under job titles.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors later said during a hearing that authorities found four weapons unsecured in the home, along with more than 20 magazines with 30 bullets each, according to Laura Birnbaum, spokesperson for the Fairfax County commonwealth's attorney.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Nir Oz lost a quarter of its small community to Hamas bullets and kidnappers.
—Tamar Michaelis and Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
In an image taken today, a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen riddled with bullets on the facade of the provincial government office in Hama.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
While 9 mm handguns are popular weapons, distinctive markings on the bullets and shell casings could reveal whether the gun used in the shooting was involved in any additional crimes.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Antimony is used in solar cells and increasingly in defense technology like infrared missiles and nuclear weapons and as a hardening agent for bullets and tanks.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Multi-sentence bullets take much longer to read.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
One-line bullets show ‘such intentionality’ First, Wood likes short bullets under job titles.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors later said during a hearing that authorities found four weapons unsecured in the home, along with more than 20 magazines with 30 bullets each, according to Laura Birnbaum, spokesperson for the Fairfax County commonwealth's attorney.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Nir Oz lost a quarter of its small community to Hamas bullets and kidnappers.
—Tamar Michaelis and Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
In an image taken today, a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen riddled with bullets on the facade of the provincial government office in Hama.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
While 9 mm handguns are popular weapons, distinctive markings on the bullets and shell casings could reveal whether the gun used in the shooting was involved in any additional crimes.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Bullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullets. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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