buckshot
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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
In his commentary, he had referred to the projectiles as buckshot.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2023
They scattered like buckshot, turning the well-trodden grass and dirt paths into a highway.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
“There is no silver bullet, there is, you know, golden buckshot, because it’s going to take a lot of different kinds of policies to win this battle,” Inslee said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
Vonetta pulled out all the stops and told Ma Charles almost word for word about how Miss Trotter shot the deer with her father’s rifle and cleaned out the buckshot.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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