buckshot
Example Sentences
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It's more like buckshot — a "constellation of mutually supporting factors," as he calls them, that contribute to overall wellness.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023
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
In Magee’s composition, Shiffler even gestures to the bleeding wound in his side, which looks more like the piercing of a Roman spear than the crater from a blast of buckshot.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2021
Fragments fell like extraterrestrial buckshot into a national park larger than the Netherlands.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2021
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
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