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Recent Examples of gunrunner
The notion that Roper, as a young man, could have been a gunrunner in Colombia felt right to me.
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Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
There are brash foreign fighters and humble food drivers and furtive gunrunners and ancient babushkas knitting camouflage ghillie suits in community gyms.
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Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
23 Feb. 2023
Cartels and guerrillas in South America are similarly dependent on border-crossing drug smugglers and gunrunners for the tools of their trade.
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Paul J. Angelo,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2020
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
There are brash foreign fighters and humble food drivers and furtive gunrunners and ancient babushkas knitting camouflage ghillie suits in community gyms.
—
Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
23 Feb. 2023
Cartels and guerrillas in South America are similarly dependent on border-crossing drug smugglers and gunrunners for the tools of their trade.
—
Paul J. Angelo,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunrunner
Noun
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Photos from the rescue show a firefighter bringing the coyote pup to shore and a firefighter giving the thumbs-up with Judd, who helped with the search.
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The official warning comes after coyote sightings in North Haledon in Passaic County and Glen Rock in Bergen County.
Noun
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For example, when Rhode Islanders complained about how the British ship Gaspee was attacking their ships without mercy in its hunt for smugglers, the Royal Navy waved away the colonial government.
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To get there, Sodais climbed mountains in the snow, moved from border to border with the help of smugglers, got captured a dozen times and spent time in jail.
Noun
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Weeth said bootleggers purchase fireworks from manufacturers in China and who, for a fee, package the fireworks in colorful branding, which are more difficult to track and often lack proper warnings.
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Working primarily in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), Reeves tracked down murderers, thieves, bootleggers and other outlaws across a vast and often dangerous frontier.
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“Gunrunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunrunner. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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