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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
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
These court orders are one of the puzzle pieces of GVPI’s overall efforts to reduce gun violence.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Now, top Democrats will have to decide how hard to gun for Platner, who has become a standard-bearer in the party’s anti-Israel shift at a time when the chamber is narrowly divided.
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Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
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Noun
Earlier this month, Harden was arrested in Houston and charged with unlawfully carrying a gun in his car, a misdemeanor.
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Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
These court orders are one of the puzzle pieces of GVPI’s overall efforts to reduce gun violence.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Verb
Despite the good news, Combs’ legal team is still gunning for an appeal to get him out, stat.
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Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Now, top Democrats will have to decide how hard to gun for Platner, who has become a standard-bearer in the party’s anti-Israel shift at a time when the chamber is narrowly divided.
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Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun
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He has been charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm.
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Law enforcement later searched two locations in connection with the investigation into Hidrogo including a storage facility in Fort Worth where officers found 244 kilograms of meth with a purity level of 100 percent and more firearms.
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However, both carry much smaller munitions than conventional artillery.
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Modern armored warfare has shown that even the world’s most advanced main battle tanks perform best when integrated with drones, infantry, artillery, electronic warfare, and effective command-and-control networks.
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The man advanced toward police, and one officer shot the man, the KBI said.
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Kaiseem Smith, 16, is also being sought by police in connection with the fatal shooting of Billy Schmidt, who was fatally shot near his South Philadelphia home on June 6.
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Investigators said that the child was not injured after the bite, and the dog had already been separated and was back inside its home when Reyes Rodriguez armed himself with a rifle, entered the neighbor's home, shot the dog and killed it.
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As the crowd passed through the neighborhood, the McCloskeys emerged from their home carrying firearms — Mark with an AR-15-style rifle and Patricia with a handgun.
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Officials have not reported discovering caches containing cash, gold or weapons and have not publicly commented on the broader allegations.
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The department will also deploy counterterrorism resources, explosive detection K-9s, bomb squad personnel and heavy weapons teams, along with plain clothes officers and a harbor unit for the waterways.
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The Chileans drilled holes allowing workers to insert a camera and pinpoint his location.
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On his way to 25 points, Acuff made some sharp pick-and-roll reads, drilled some midrange pull-ups and drew a few and-1s.
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“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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