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The streamlined beak of the kingfisher, which enters the water almost without a splash, became the model for the nose of Japan’s bullet train.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I think it’s a Band-Aid on a bullet wound,” Frangie said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Long-term investors should just bite the bullet and buy these.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Family members say police officers suggested he may have been killed by a tear-gas canister rather than a bullet.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Recite the bullet point list again,” I said.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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By arming her mammies with revolvers, rifles and bullets, Saar turned a symbol of servility into one of militancy and power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Antimony is a critical finishing material for bullets and other types of weaponry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
In it he can be heard shouting to one overly enthusiastic fighter, who is firing at junta positions, "save your bullets, easy, easy!"
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
Rain began its blitz, tranging bullets off the roof and strafing the puddles round the barn.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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For a follow-up about “top family-friendly hikes,” Siri delivered a clean, bulleted list, citing several web sources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
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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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