buckshot

Example Sentences

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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

You could say the difference between rage farming and engagement flubs is like buckshot and birdshot: Same general purpose, but one’s much less dangerous.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2023

“There’s silver buckshot: many actions in many domains.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2018

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

They're bigger than I'd imagined, rounder, fine-milled buckshot.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin