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bullet

[bool-it] / ˈbʊl ɪt /


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He stacks bullet points along the side of the whiteboard, scribbles concepts and facts we throw at him.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Lined on the floor was box after box of ballpoint-pen-sized .50-caliber rounds; beside them lay a mound of bullet casings and a half-destroyed drone.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

They seek to disabuse their leaders of the fantasy that tourism will be a magic bullet that will somehow bring sustainable economic development to the area.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Justice Secretary Neil Gray said helicopters were an important firefighting tool, but not a "silver bullet"

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

“And we both know that we do, or we wouldn’t be standing here. All of the bullet points have been spot on so far, this one will be too.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

According to GlobalSecurity, a private nonpartisan research organization on defense issues, it’s unlikely Meink was talking about any sorts of “kinetic” weapons—i.e., weapons that unleash bullets or bombs—since the resulting debris could also be self-destructive.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The photographer Ian Berry later told the BBC that it seemed the man in the centre of this picture was holding his jacket up "as though to protect himself from the bullets"

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

He even devises a way to keep the goats corralled so that he doesn’t have to chase them down or use up his precious bullets and gunpowder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The drones do not shoot bullets or any other kind of projectile.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

I don’t know how many bullets are in it, or how to check.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

But AI chatbots want even more subheads, along with bulleted lists, FAQs and quick “TL;DR” summaries of the article’s main points.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

Less than two minutes later, Mendoza hit a leaping Charlie Becker on a perfectly bulleted pass to the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown and an eventual 10-0 lead.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

He noticed that he had most of the symptoms on the bulleted list.

From Scientific American Aug. 16, 2023

Next quarter Gannett will roll out a live pilot program using AI to identify the most important points of an article and create bulleted summaries at the top of it.

From Reuters Jun. 16, 2023

Keith, on the other hand, has a face bulleted with old acne, a pointy nose, and a crooked chin.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Wright — out of necessity, or sanity-preservation — moves chronologically, bulleting each of their 25 albums and chasing Sparks' hope for fortune and adoration across their many troughs and peaks.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2021

With one snap of her head, she redirects all the momentum from the cross, bulleting the ball into the near corner.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2019

“Society to working moms:” she wrote in the April 18 post before bulleting a list of the unreasonable expectations the modern mother faces.

From Fox News Apr. 27, 2019

In the distance, a monstrous wheel of metal with a thousand sharp, jagged teeth spun wildly, tearing at the coal, sending shards of black rock bulleting through the air.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2015

He’s bulleting to the front door and I catch up with him.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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