buckshot

Example Sentences

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Searles set out to reteach the bears some boundaries using a combination of non-lethal methods — sometimes a gentle word, sometimes a sting to the hindquarters with rubber buckshot — that have netted ursine attention and respect.

From Los Angeles Times

It's more like buckshot — a "constellation of mutually supporting factors," as he calls them, that contribute to overall wellness.

From Salon

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

Eris breathed a shadowy spray of buckshot across the void.

From Literature

When UC fenced the public out a few weeks later, more than 6,000 protesters marched there and were pushed back by law enforcement using tear gas and buckshot.

From Los Angeles Times