buckshot
Example Sentences
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"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
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
The tank from the water truck still lay smashed against a bank of rocks; it looked like a giant soda can shot through buckshot and then crushed by a giant hand.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
Their feet kicked up dust that swirled in the buckshot beams of sunlight.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
