bullet

Example Sentences

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Winds are slowly blowing sand into the 75-mile trench meant to hold a bullet train, while once-bustling worker camps have turned to ghost towns, one former employee said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The UK government has been under pressure to bring in a statutory ban of smartphones in schools, although recent research suggested strict bans were not a "silver bullet".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

No firearms or expended bullet casings were found.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Those launches are almost as impressive in flight, surging into space with an enormous bang and rising at the speed of a bullet.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

They believed that probing the wound was more harmful than the bullet itself.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow