Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun (for)
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Upon seeing Tamura, the cleaner ran down the hall, taking her rolling garbage can on wheels with her, Chell said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 July 2025 -
Meanwhile Neymar was already running down the line to celebrate.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The man accused of pulling the trigger in a Christmas Day shooting that killed two Milwaukee teenagers is no longer on the run.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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The projectile struck the victim’s back but didn’t immediately kill them.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Subtle shifts in the electrical patterns coursing through her neural fibers had flagged the impending relapse weeks before her outward symptoms reappeared.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 June 2025
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Three months is a long time, and may be enough to course correct as the shows go on, especially as word of mouth begins to spread after the first few weekends.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2025
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The funeral cortège, paid for by the musician’s family, trailed through the city with Osbourne’s casket in a black hearse.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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Shell Shock trailed 19-9 after one quarter and had only scored 24 points at halftime.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
29 July 2025
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Rather than pursuing general-purpose models that compete with ChatGPT, Switzerland aims to develop large language models for specific applications in fields such as science, education, healthcare, robotics and climate studies.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Tom Caruso grew up making wine on the sidewalk with his grandfather in South Philly, before leaving the city to pursue winemaking in New York and Sonoma.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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According to The Next, which tracks injuries in the league, there have been more than 140 injuries so far this season.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Watching the way the media tracked Collins from his departure from Wembley to his arrival in Philadelphia was inadvertently comical at the time and remains so.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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“Gun (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun%20%28for%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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