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bullet

[bool-it] / ˈbʊl ɪt /


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“Given how broad-based price increases have been, the fading of dwelling cost pressures is no silver bullet in the RBA’s inflation fight, but it does take a bit of the edge off,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

"You can think of it like shooting a bullet through, say, water," Yi said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

There’s no silver bullet for guilt — it’s a daily practice.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I'm looking at ways to spread the cost when I have to bite the bullet and get it," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

With that in mind, Dr. Lamb began the autopsy by looking for the bullet in the lower abdomen.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Albanian law allows the police to use rubber bullets during protests only in extreme cases.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

He was disturbed by images of fans being hit with rubber bullets and equipment being stolen, but also realized the band’s trajectory had suddenly changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We settle our differences not with bullets, but with open and vigorous debate," Trump said.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

I hated movies and books where people ignored bullets whizzing by their heads and zombies chasing after them so that they could make out, but I finally understood.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

“Some demand aggressive, highly detailed redlines, while others require concise, high-level markups accompanied by bulleted executive summaries,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

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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