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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
Noun
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Officers reportedly located a BB rifle in Esposito’s residence that matched the description provided by the complainant.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2025
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The gang, armed with rifles powerful enough to pierce an armored vehicle, is believed to have attacked from an alleyway along a winding dirt road between the embassy and the housing compound that isn’t always visible even when security measures are taken.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Even by big-city standards, the grisly shotgun murders of former beauty queen Kitty, 47, and wealthy music executive Jose, 45, as the couple watched TV in their Beverly Hills home in August of 1989 was a shocking crime.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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The body had two shotgun wounds and was later identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation as LaChancey Williams, according to the release.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Sassenach’s survival is an important development, given that Mrs. Fraser ended the previous episode with a musket ball in her liver and an alarming amount of her blood on the ground.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
6 Jan. 2025
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In recent decades, however, the military has also been polluting the home front, most notably with a toxic chemical never heard of in the era of muskets and drums: PFAS.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
25 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Brown said he was armed with an AK-47 and Carter was carrying a 12-gauge shotgun.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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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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Also missing are: — eight machine gun vehicle mounts; — seven free-standing machine gun tripods; — unspecified medical equipment; — 40 pairs of binoculars; and — 18 bayonets.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 2025
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In total, the suspects stole one armored Humvee, two cloth-door Humvees, eight machine gun vehicle mounts, seven freestanding machine gun tripods, 40 pairs of binoculars, 18 bayonets and medical equipment.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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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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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 4 Feb. 2025.
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