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We heard gunfire in the distance.
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‘Blair’s Law’ took aim at celebratory gunfire in Missouri.
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Isolated gunfire sounded on Wednesday in some outlying districts of Goma.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Back then, the incident was described by police as an argument between acquaintances that escalated into gunfire.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Earlier that day, gunfire rang out from Goma’s airport after it was shut by the rebels; a French intelligence source told CNN M23 had gained full control of the facility on Tuesday.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Isolated gunfire sounded on Wednesday in some outlying districts of Goma.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Back then, the incident was described by police as an argument between acquaintances that escalated into gunfire.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Earlier that day, gunfire rang out from Goma’s airport after it was shut by the rebels; a French intelligence source told CNN M23 had gained full control of the facility on Tuesday.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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