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Maggie, who comes out of the woods carrying the assault rifle Donald dropped, instantly knows something’s up.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
He then was flown to a Manhattan heliport, where he was walked slowly up a pier by a throng of officers with assault rifles — a contingent that included New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
—Michael R. Sisak, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Just before midnight on November 19, Aldrich entered Club Q and opened fire with an AR-15-style assault rifle, killing five people and injuring 25 others before they were subdued not by the club’s security, but by two patrons.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 19 Nov. 2024
Four years later, 49 people were slain and 53 wounded at a Florida nightclub by a man shooting an assault rifle who had pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
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James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
He then was flown to a Manhattan heliport, where he was walked slowly up a pier by a throng of officers with assault rifles — a contingent that included New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
—Michael R. Sisak, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Just before midnight on November 19, Aldrich entered Club Q and opened fire with an AR-15-style assault rifle, killing five people and injuring 25 others before they were subdued not by the club’s security, but by two patrons.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 19 Nov. 2024
Four years later, 49 people were slain and 53 wounded at a Florida nightclub by a man shooting an assault rifle who had pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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How are officials responding? Hours after the shooting, President Joe Biden pressed Congress to pass gun reform legislation, including universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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With four Hotchkiss machine guns mounted on a bluff overlooking the camp, the troops demanded the tribe forfeit its weapons.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
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In the final episode of season two, Gi-hun and a group of brave players staged a rebellion against the pink guards, stealing their machine guns and setting course for the control room.Glamour, Glamour, 28 Dec. 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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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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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Investigators were able to obtain pictures from a neighbor that showed Cook walking through woods carrying a rifle.Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Judge Andy Porter denied the suppression motion, and the jury viewed and listened to the complete interview, in which Nixon-Clark admitted firing the Kriss Vector rifle once outside the house.Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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