as in balls
a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
it is possible to make your own bullets, but it takes a lot of patience and some extra money
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Recent Examples of bullets
Three bullets recovered from Edwards' body matched the shell casings recovered from the car earlier in the investigation, according to court documents.
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Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Because of the bullets that pierced his mother, he was deprived of blood and oxygen for critical minutes just prior to his birth.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Pitman waited as the debtor, a construction worker, transferred a reflective vest, a jug of water, a pair of shoes, a backpack, and a sack of nine-millimetre bullets to the garage.
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Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
When Jonah was 3, sound asleep in his room at his older sister’s birthday party, bullets from an assault rifle cracked through the windows of Jamon’s house and left holes above his bed.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
In the jungles of southern Colombia, rebels turned in so many automatic rifles, pistols and bandoliers of bullets that one of the tables holding them collapsed in the mud.
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John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
The court complaint against him says the gun was loaded with 23 bullets.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
There may be some concern about such groups on the streets of the capital; bullets sprayed into the air will inevitably come down somewhere.
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David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Bedbugs bite them at night and stray bullets fly before dawn.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Because of the bullets that pierced his mother, he was deprived of blood and oxygen for critical minutes just prior to his birth.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Pitman waited as the debtor, a construction worker, transferred a reflective vest, a jug of water, a pair of shoes, a backpack, and a sack of nine-millimetre bullets to the garage.
—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
When Jonah was 3, sound asleep in his room at his older sister’s birthday party, bullets from an assault rifle cracked through the windows of Jamon’s house and left holes above his bed.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
In the jungles of southern Colombia, rebels turned in so many automatic rifles, pistols and bandoliers of bullets that one of the tables holding them collapsed in the mud.
—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
The court complaint against him says the gun was loaded with 23 bullets.
—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
There may be some concern about such groups on the streets of the capital; bullets sprayed into the air will inevitably come down somewhere.
—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Bedbugs bite them at night and stray bullets fly before dawn.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullets
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Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70.
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Sell any unused, yet intact, workout equipment through your local marketplace, and don’t forget about the smaller, less bulky gear like dumbbells and stability balls.
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This largely undeveloped swath of land is a great place to comb the sand for shark teeth and shells, while keeping a lookout for dolphins and pelicans.
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These shells broke before they could be hatched and the species' population plummeted.
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Projections of new optical storage archiving systems promise 1PB raw capacity optical cartridges by the 2030’s, compared to the possible 365TB raw capacity cartridge projections for LTO Gen 14.
Noun
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An individual holds a handful of hail pellets in Waite Park, Minnesota, after storms rolled through on June 19, 2026.
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And because the pellets were some 30 meters away from the cave’s entrance, the team could rule out their incineration by a natural wildfire.
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“Bullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullets. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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