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Also found were four non-ghost guns, an AK-47 assault rifle, two SKS hunting rifles and a Derringer-style pistol that shoots 12-gauge shotgun rounds that were not registered, prosecutors and police sources said.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Remembering Wesley LePatner Last Monday, a twenty-seven-year-old man killed five people with an assault rifle in an office tower on Park Avenue.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Within minutes, every officer searching the building or holding the outside perimeter had a picture of a man taking large strides and carrying an assault rifle, the officials said.
—John Miller, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
One resolution that would block the sale of assault rifles to Israel received support from 27 Democrats, while one to block the sale of more than $675 million in arms sales received support from 24 Democrats.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Remembering Wesley LePatner Last Monday, a twenty-seven-year-old man killed five people with an assault rifle in an office tower on Park Avenue.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Within minutes, every officer searching the building or holding the outside perimeter had a picture of a man taking large strides and carrying an assault rifle, the officials said.
—John Miller, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
One resolution that would block the sale of assault rifles to Israel received support from 27 Democrats, while one to block the sale of more than $675 million in arms sales received support from 24 Democrats.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol on Monday asking Gov. Tim Walz to call a special legislative session to ban assault weapons on the heels of a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School last week that killed two children and injured 18 children and adults.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
2 Sep. 2025
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Is the the editorial board now going to explicitly stop endorsing candidates for federal and state office who refuse to support an assault weapons ban?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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My thoughts, instead of feeling like they were being released via machine gun, felt like they were launched from an old-timey pistol shot underwater, the propulsion forcibly slowed.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Many Allied soldiers drowned, hit mines or were cut down by Nazi machine gun crossfire.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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The evidence police have collected DNA consistent with Robinson was found on the trigger of the rifle believed to have been used to kill Kirk, Gray said.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors say a text conversation with his roommate, a confession to his parents and DNA evidence on a rifle found near the university will be the first steps in proving Robinson is responsible for the murder witnessed live by hundreds of people.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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