A man could be tossed outside the dimension of time by a stray bullet these days.

He had spoken only a few words, however, when the insurgents, hearing some shots, and fancying they were betrayed, opened fire upon the national guard, and the archbishop fell, struck by a stray bullet.

Young inhabitants of Prague had taken to the streets and in the confrontation, a stray bullet had killed the wife of Field Marshal Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, the commander of the Austrian forces in Prague.

This is compounded by the fact that the danger can easily extend beyond the participants — a stray bullet can injure or kill people other than those actually firing or handling the arms involved.

Or the traveller could prevent a car crash from killing a loved one, only to have the loved one killed by a mugger, or fall down the stairs, choke on a meal, killed by a stray bullet, etc.

" The Texans won a decisive victory in under 18 minutes, suffering few casualties, although Houston's ankle was shattered by a stray bullet.

The season closes with Althea almost having a breakdown over the stress of Virgil ’ s job on the police force after he is almost killed by a stray bullet and does not tell her about it.

Some historians have suggested that the stray bullet which killed his brother-in-law Charles XII of Sweden in 1718 was actually fired by Frederick's aide.

Tom Cullens, one of the McSween house defenders, was killed by a stray bullet.

A few months later, Tara is killed by a stray bullet as Warren Mears attacks Buffy.

During this time, a stray arquebus bullet from an enemy ship struck Admiral Yi, near his left armpit.

In " Seeing Red ", Warren tries to acquire mystical orbs to give him superhuman strength to rival Buffy ; when she foils him yet again, he shows up at her house with a gun and shoots her, with a stray bullet accidentally killing Tara ( Amber Benson ).

Guy finally takes Bruno on, but a stray police bullet sends the merry-go-round running amok as they fight

On August 4, 2002, less than a year after Balbir's death, his younger brother Sukhpal was shot to death while driving his taxicab in San Francisco, apparently killed by a stray bullet from a nearby gang fight.

Having returned to Prague, his wife was killed by a stray bullet during the popular uprising.

Three guards were wounded, and a town doctor was killed by a stray bullet.

Although Static attempted to convince her to stay in a safe place ( even revealing that he was her son Virgil from the future ), she still left to go on duty as a paramedic, and was shot and killed that night by a stray bullet by gangs, but not before telling Virgil how proud she was of him having become a superhero-a statement which finally comforted Virgil over her untimely death.

After investigating, authorities determined a stray bullet had struck and detonated some fuel cans.

Shannon's law is named after Shannon Smith, a fourteen year old Phoenix girl killed by a stray bullet in June 1999.

While she stood in her backyard talking on the telephone with a friend, a stray bullet hit her in her head, causing instant death.

He was shot again on the same day by an ally's stray bullet.

During Ah Jong's escape from the Triad, a young child is injured by a stray bullet.

The bullets missed the president, but a stray bullet struck his wife Yuk Young-soo, who died later in the day, and one choir girl.

:* June 18, 2008: A Metrobus driver received a gunshot wound to the head at 12: 45 P. M. from a stray bullet during a shootout between two teenagers near the Anacostia station.

They are also accompanied by Ein, a hyperintelligent, genetically-engineered stray Corgi hound.

Hall sensors can detect stray magnetic fields easily, including that of Earth, so they work well as electronic compasses: but this also means that such stray fields can hinder accurate measurements of small magnetic fields.

He founded Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, also located near Kerrville, whose mission is to care for stray, abused and aging animals ; more than 1, 000 dogs have been saved from animal euthanasia.

A naphtha fueled lighter should also be allowed to burn a few seconds to get rid of stray naphtha vapors that could give a foul taste to the smoke.

Strabo also registers stray comments on Myron, especially a large group at Samos ; several surviving heads were identified as copies of Myron's Samian Athena by C. K.

The town's marshals are also in charge of collecting loose or stray animals as well as enforcing local ordinance and state laws.

The capacitative component of a coil, which reduces its impedance at high frequencies and can lead to resonance and self-oscillation, is also called self-capacitance as well as stray or parasitic capacitance.

Wearing sunglasses under direct sunlight: Large lenses offer good protection, but broad temple arms are also needed against " stray light " from the sides.

Onslow is also the owner of the rusting carcass of a Hillman Avenger in his front garden, wherein lives a stray dog that always barks at Hyacinth as she approaches.

A downed stray V2 rocket was also sold to the Allies in 1942, passing details of advanced Nazi rocket engineering over.

According to African popular belief ( mainly in the Zambian / Zimbabwean region ), the meerkat is also known as the sun angel, as it protects villages from the moon devil or the werewolf which is believed to attack stray cattle or lone tribesmen.

If corrupted, the game would not only delete certain portions of itself ( such as stray gems or the ability to progress in certain areas ) it also makes the final boss unbeatable, actually returning to the beginning of the game ( the game removes your save file too ) after about 8 seconds into the battle.

It also can suffer from stray voltages caused by other logging tools that are run with it.

Young birds join mixed roaming flocks ; adults also join the flocks when they pass through, but do not stray from their territory.

To distinguish between the Iriomote cat and other cats on the island, locals also gave other cats nicknames such as for stray cats and or for house cats.

One solution is the Electrified Cover Safeguard invention, which is an on-site, real-time stray voltage warning system which is being used in the street lights in New York City and is also being tested by ConEd and other utilities and municipalities in England, Europe, and Japan.

Jardine also argues that a stray wheellock pistol shot may have been responsible for the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of French Huguenots in 1572.

While posturing itself for that mission change, the Eighth also supported Operation " Enduring Freedom " in which the Air Force operates with total impunity against targets in Afghanistan, and " NOBLE EAGLE " for the defense of North American airspace from the threat of stray airliners and outdated Russian bombers.

Gulls ' hard-wired instincts make them reach over and roll back not just their own stray eggs, but also wooden cylinders and cocoa tins.

The payload module also held a conical sun shade, to prevent stray light from reaching the telescope, and two large star trackers.

In one-shot story, Michelangelo adopts a stray cat ( which he names Klunk ) and also stops thieves from stealing toys meant for orphaned children.

However, he has shown innocent empathy for others as shown in particular by his adoption of Klunk the stray kitten, to whom he is very close and also by his relationship with Leatherhead.

A mutt is also a mixed breed or stray dog.