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Known as magnetofossils, the microscopic structures come in shapes resembling spearheads, spindles, bullets, and needles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Since noncombatants tend to dive for cover when bullets are in the air, this seems like common sense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

The sheriff looked the gun o’er, seent it didn’t have no bullets and that the trigger was so rusty it wouldn’t budge.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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