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Recent Examples of AK-47
Kirtley allegedly went into his home and came out with a high-powered weapon that looked like an AR-15 or an AK-47 and opened fire at the pair's vehicle, a witness previously described to the Free Press.
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Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
But the stance became a crisis for Harris when then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein, at the funeral for a police officer murdered by an AK-47, called on her to seek the death penalty for the cop’s alleged killer.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 26 July 2024
With no option but to land uninvited, Osborn steered the plane toward a runway, where Chinese military trucks and some two dozen soldiers cradling AK-47s were already waiting.
—Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
During the investigation, authorities seized a Century Arms AK-47 rifle, Glock 26 semi-automatic pistol, High Standard revolver, Taurus PT111 9mm handgun, FN Tactical Model 502 .22 caliber pistol, Glock 19x 9mm pistol and a High Standard M200 20 gauge shotgun.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2024
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Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
But the stance became a crisis for Harris when then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein, at the funeral for a police officer murdered by an AK-47, called on her to seek the death penalty for the cop’s alleged killer.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 26 July 2024
With no option but to land uninvited, Osborn steered the plane toward a runway, where Chinese military trucks and some two dozen soldiers cradling AK-47s were already waiting.
—Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
During the investigation, authorities seized a Century Arms AK-47 rifle, Glock 26 semi-automatic pistol, High Standard revolver, Taurus PT111 9mm handgun, FN Tactical Model 502 .22 caliber pistol, Glock 19x 9mm pistol and a High Standard M200 20 gauge shotgun.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
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Sullivan said the district court showed commercially available civilian semi-automatic rifles are not military grade.Greg Bishop | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
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King changed his long-standing opposition to gun restrictions after the mass shooting and filed a bill that would have raised the age to purchase AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 years of age.Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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So, please, don't shoot my eye out with an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot range model air rifle!Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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This futuristic-looking, semiautomatic pistol calibre carbine required no regulated components and was fully DIY.Rajan Basra, WIRED, 5 July 2024
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The first Menendez brothers trial for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents Jose and Kitty resulted in a hung jury.Christine Pelisek, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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After three straight drives in the second half without a first down, the Packers reeled off three in a row to start their next drive but still didn’t score on it after a shotgun run to Jacobs was stuffed well short on fourth and 2 from Seattle’s 39-yard line.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Jordan began serving in a machine gun battalion, but ended in an ordnance detachment.Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 9 Nov. 2024
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At the time of the indictment, Dukes was locked up in Dupage County, Ill., for another episode involving a machine gun in a car, according to prosecutors.John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Eventually Claire is able to remove the second musket ball, and Lord John happily announces the news to William and Rachel, who are waiting in the parlor.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Nov. 2024
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The one fatality among the troops was a Union officer who was downed by a musket shot through the thigh, according to a Texas Historical Marker at the site.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.MIKE CORDER, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
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Guy comes up, holding a tommy gun.George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
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That applies to all the dialogue, which doesn’t change at all from character to character, each of them firing off pop culture references like a tommy gun.Joshua Alston, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AK-47. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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