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• n  a projectile that is fired from a gun
• n  a high-speed passenger train
• n  (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

• Bush Administration has dodged another electoral bullet south of the border, but only by the narrowest of margins.
• MICHEL KRAKOWSKI AFP Getty But the bullet-train idea is back, as it is throughout the rest of the country, thanks to $13 billion for high-speed rail (HSR) that was tucked into .
• TAKING A STAND: Butterly survived a bullet in the West Bank; now she's on a hunger strike for peace.

• slug
• bullet train
• fastball
• heater
• smoke
• hummer

News & Articles

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• Report: Bullet removed from man’s hip not from I-96 corridor shooting suspect’s guns
  Recent forensic tests revealed that a bullet recovered from the hip of a man initially believed to be a victim of a series of October shootings along I-96 does not match guns recovered from the suspect’s home.
  June 12, 2013 - The Oakland Press
• Stray bullet ends dream of better life for immigrant
  Man, 44, hit by stray bullet while on the job, had been in vegetative state Close friends say Zenon Santiago Hernandez was a prodigious worker, handling two full-time jobs often seven days a week.        
  June 12, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
• Bullet hole found in front window of Ypsilanti home
  A man reported finding a bullet hole in a window at his Ypsilanti home Monday, apparently about three weeks after the house was shot at, according to police. Ypsilanti police responded at 2:05 p.m. Monday to the 500 block...
  June 11, 2013 - AnnArbor.com

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times
  This was a screw-up that could have been disastrous,Obama told the officials, White House officials said later. "We dodged a bullet, but just barely. It was averted by brave individuals, not because the system worked -- and that is not...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York Daily News
  Part of the reason we were in the C-17 is because part of it is armored,Clinton said. "I was moved up into the cockpit. Everyone else was told to sit on their bullet proof vests. We came in in an evasive maneuver. Those of you who have...
• Sherry Rehman in 940 News
  We disagree with the finding on the cause of the death,said Sherry Rehman, spokeswoman for the Pakistan Peoples Party, who escorted Bhutto to the hospital after the attack. "She died from a bullet injury, this was and is our position."