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as in firearm
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun
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as in to shoot
to strike with a missile from a gun
traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Law enforcement had looked closely last week at what weapon may have been used in the killing, officials said, as the gun appeared to be somewhat unique in its operation.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2024
Every team is gunning to take down the Pride that just two years ago was among the worst in the league.
—Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
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Police said that a backpack with Mangione when he was confronted at the McDonald’s was found to contain a gun, silencer and multiple rounds of 9 mm ammunition.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Law enforcement had looked closely last week at what weapon may have been used in the killing, officials said, as the gun appeared to be somewhat unique in its operation.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Some are even gunning for resettling Gaza under a Trump administration.
—Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2024
Every team is gunning to take down the Pride that just two years ago was among the worst in the league.
—Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, firearms were the leading cause of death among children in both 2020 and 2021, per data from KFF, a nonprofit that provides research about health care issues.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is scheduled for his next court appearance Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing on firearms charges in Pennsylvania.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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Pyongyang has shipped Russia thousands of containers that the U.S. and South Korea believe were filled with artillery shells and other munitions.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Throughout that period, Russia tested the agreements daily through artillery fire, sniper shots, infiltration, cyberattacks and electronic warfare, and intense disinformation campaigns.Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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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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James showed off a variety of skills, draining two off-the-dribble 3-pointers, catching an alley-oop off a backdoor cut, finishing multiple times at the rim through traffic, drilling a couple of mid-range jumpers, and blocking a 3-pointer.Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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The surgeon drills through the mastoid bone, creating a path allowing the electrodes to reach the cochlea.Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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