Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guns (for)
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Brundage combined with sophomore defender Brooklynn Sosa multiple times throughout the match, with Sosa constantly making attacking runs down the right.—
Ishmael Johnson,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026 -
Galloway runs down a fly ball to right-center field.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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But Open, Heaven also courses with youth’s great agony, the cruelty that learning to love should be inexorably followed by learning to grieve its undoing.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Such is the power of cachaça, the essential and irresistible Brazilian sugar cane spirit that courses through each round of tropical cocktails passed across the bar.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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He's not known for his power plays or penalty kills, but he is known for making friend and keeping them.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Everyone knows what happens — believing Juliet to be dead, Romeo takes actual poison and kills himself, causing Juliet to stab herself to death after waking up next to her lover’s lifeless corpse.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the other, a smart floss that tracks hormones trails a study on the connection between triglycerides and aneurysms.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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Florida’s piece of the Artemis pie, while significant, trails Alabama, California, Texas and Colorado in both dollars and jobs.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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See hummingbird migration map Hummingbird Central tracks hummingbirds across the country and has published an interactive hummingbird migration map for 2026.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Future research that tracks insurance continuously throughout treatment, standardizes how coverage is categorized and examines specific cancer types and age subgroups in greater depth could clarify the picture further.—
Rhonda Winegar,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Guns (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guns%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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