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as in firearm
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun
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as in to shoot
to strike with a missile from a gun
traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood
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Recent Examples of gun
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
Canada has made several changes to its gun laws in response to mass shootings.
—Richard Hall, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
A couple of decades’ worth of pressure later, the Supreme Court’s Heller decision affirmed a much broader right to gun ownership than the previous generation’s NRA would have dared thought achievable.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026
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Noun
No one has the right to interfere with law enforcement conducting lawful operations, especially those carrying guns.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
Canada has made several changes to its gun laws in response to mass shootings.
—Richard Hall, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
The staffing at the CTA, where interim head Nora Leerhsen has been gunning for the permanent appointment, appears more stable, though there is no permanent general counsel at the moment.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
A couple of decades’ worth of pressure later, the Supreme Court’s Heller decision affirmed a much broader right to gun ownership than the previous generation’s NRA would have dared thought achievable.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun
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Prosecutors accused the parents of allowing their son access to the firearm and ignoring warnings about his declining mental health and risk to others.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Current owners can keep their firearms and sell them to dealers.—
Cindy Camp,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2026
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Sarma offers precision From an operational perspective, Sarma reflects a broader shift in Russian artillery doctrine toward greater precision, survivability, and mobility.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Fishing nets are stronger than the tulip nets, Pot said, and so are used more often to protect tanks and artillery.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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An 18-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his friend during an argument over sharing french fries inside a west Fort Worth apartment was arrested on Monday, according to jail records.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
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The man initially refused to give the brothers anything, and Kenneth Heath shot Sheridan in the chest.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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On August 8, as the measles outbreak continued to make headlines, a man named Patrick Joseph White entered a CVS in northeast Atlanta and fired hundreds of rounds from a rifle into the CDC’s headquarters across the street.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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All but three of the bears were killed with a rifle.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The government brought forward major reforms and bans on assault-style weapons after the country suffered its worst-ever shooting attack in 2020, when a man impersonating a police officer killed 22 people in northern Nova Scotia.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Before the June war, Iran had been enriching uranium up to 60% purity, a short technical step away from weapons-grade levels.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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There needs to be a realistic amount of financial buy-in from drilling companies to fully cover plugging activities.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Then, drill several wide holes into the stump.—
Steven John,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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