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Example Sentences

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At 66, he wondered whether it was time to bite the bullet.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

That’s when a sleek, silver, oversized high-speed bullet train arrives on the scene.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Wahl said a bullet may have deflected off the landscaper's hard hat, although this had yet to be confirmed.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The document is clever, beginning each bullet point with the name of the good or service the plan is going to make “cheaper”: gasoline, utilities, prescription drugs, groceries, housing, childcare.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

On the day of Garfield's shooting, Drs. Townshend, Bliss, and Wales probed the president's bullet wound with unwashed fingers and unsterilized metal instruments.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow