buckshot

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Buster Murdaugh also testified that guns were left around the property “with the safety on” and that he never loaded one shell of larger buckshot and a second shell of smaller birdshot in his shotguns.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023

In his commentary, he had referred to the projectiles as buckshot.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2023

“Navarro’s like a shotgun. Some of it was on target, some of the buckshot caused collateral damage,” Kadlec said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2021

Every once in a while there would be a small flare up when a buckshot pellet released from the ever-shrinking creature fell into the fire.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2018

Eris breathed a shadowy spray of buckshot across the void.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan