buckshot
Example Sentences
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"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Buster Murdaugh also testified that guns were left around the property “with the safety on” and that he never loaded one shell of larger buckshot and a second shell of smaller birdshot in his shotguns.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
You could say the difference between rage farming and engagement flubs is like buckshot and birdshot: Same general purpose, but one’s much less dangerous.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2023
The tank from the water truck still lay smashed against a bank of rocks; it looked like a giant soda can shot through buckshot and then crushed by a giant hand.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
Missed entirely by the buckshot, it flew over the reaching arms of the crowd and into the sky, circled the field several times and was gone.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
