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Recent Examples of carbine
His face marked by the scars where two 30 caliber carbine slugs blasted half of his face away, former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser points to a section along a lonely blacktop road where he and his wife Pauline were ambushed in 1967.
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CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
These are the victims of the Nashville school shooting The AR-15 and 9 mm pistol caliber carbine appear to have 30-round magazines, according to experts who reviewed photos and video released by police.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
The shooter was armed with a Hi-Point .45-caliber carbine long gun.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
Kim presented Putin with a carbine made by Korean craftsmen and other gifts, the Kremlin spokesman said.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
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CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
These are the victims of the Nashville school shooting The AR-15 and 9 mm pistol caliber carbine appear to have 30-round magazines, according to experts who reviewed photos and video released by police.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
The shooter was armed with a Hi-Point .45-caliber carbine long gun.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
Kim presented Putin with a carbine made by Korean craftsmen and other gifts, the Kremlin spokesman said.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbine
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The suspect may have got out & opened fire with a rifle.Jasmine Laws, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Investigators recovered a handgun and an AR-style rifle after the shootout, a law enforcement official said.Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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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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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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Across the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts, archaeologists dug up a set of much smaller projectiles: five musket balls fired during the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 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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In the July attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Penn., the would-be assassin, armed with an AK-47, was killed by a member of Trump’s security detail.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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So how often are handguns used in school shootings compared to assault-style rifles like the AR-15 or AK-47?John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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Another incident saw two Ukrainian USVs in the Kerch Strait engage with Russian aircraft attempting to destroy them, using a reported auto-targeting machine gun.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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The Russian boats have mounted weapon systems, including machine guns and grenade launchers, transforming these vessels into agile combat platforms.Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
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Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
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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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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
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“Carbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbine. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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