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Recent Examples of sidearm
Trailing 3-0, the Vikings went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Seattle 4, and DeMarcus Lawrence got a free run at Brosmer, who scrambled to his right and made a desperation sidearm heave.
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CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Another agent appeared with his sidearm drawn.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
The deputy drew his 9mm sidearm and the detective fired at Ruth with his own AR-style rifle.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Herbert ran to his right on the Kansas City 23-yard line and slung a sidearm pass to Johnston for his second touchdown of the game.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Another agent appeared with his sidearm drawn.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
The deputy drew his 9mm sidearm and the detective fired at Ruth with his own AR-style rifle.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Herbert ran to his right on the Kansas City 23-yard line and slung a sidearm pass to Johnston for his second touchdown of the game.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidearm
Noun
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Police also found a 9-mm Mossberg semi-automatic pistol and Remington shotgun elsewhere in the house.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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After obtaining a search warrant for the home, authorities recovered a pistol in the living room next to Battle’s purse and a bullet casing that matched the gun’s caliber in the hallway.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The video also showed that Pretti’s handgun had been removed from its holster by an officer seconds before he was pinned down and shot multiple times, including in his back.—
Michael Williams,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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Trump had also commented on Pretti’s handgun hours earlier when departing the White House.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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The victim shot Thomas in the hip and Mouton in the face with a revolver, before being killed by gunfire, the outlet reported.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The camera recorded him finding the benefit card in a shoebox in the living room and placing it next to the revolver once the safe was opened in a back bedroom, prosecutors said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
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Jackson was charged with a felony for simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm and felony drug possession.—
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arkansasonline.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Federal agents in tactical gear, carrying firearms, moved in on the park, walking in a straight line, side by side, some on horseback, as news helicopters hovered above and nearby demonstrators jeered at them.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
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Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
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After stepping away from agents, what appears to be a gun is visible in his waistband.—
Greg Wehner , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Agency personnel began firing about five seconds after the agent yelled about Pretti’s gun, the report notes.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Sidearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidearm. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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