bullets

Example Sentences

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Together they scrapped the non-confrontational "hugs not bullets" policy of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and pursued open collaboration with US security agencies.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

"In being the industry's vanguard we have taken a lot of bullets in a battle which is only in the early days of paying off for ourselves and all developers," Sweeney said.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Wealth Management points to a case where those flying bullets didn’t translate to a positive year for markets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The Pe-2’s machine guns often jammed, and their bullets weren’t always strong enough to penetrate the armor of Luftwaffe fighter aircraft.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein