gunner

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Recent Examples of gunner Ruth’s husband, Carl, a veteran Army machine gunner, explained that the couple were returning from a movie theater and had paused to turn on the foyer light. Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024 Very often, a gunner isn't sure about exactly which ammunition will be needed on a particular mission, so erring on the side of caution means loading up with more than one kind in the feed belt, just in case an armor-piercing round is needed instead of shrapnel. David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024 The idea behind them is that these brightly-burning rounds are loaded into the ammo feed at intervals of four-to-one with the more lethal ones so that the gunner can see where the spray of shot is flying. David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024 The Ukrainians to their credit shrugged off Russia’s apparent artillery superiority in Kursk, correctly surmising that befuddled gunners are useless gunners. David Axe, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gunner 
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Noun
  • The actress known for playing Marvel archer Kate Bishop in Hawkeye and The Marvels is engaged to be married to NFL star quarterback Josh Allen.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The archer and his wife kept the potion hidden in a safe until someone came to steal it one day.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The authorities have not said that Mr. Mangione made the gun he was found with.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • According to state estimates, there are nearly 300 pheasant lodges and guide services across the state catering to mostly out-of-state hunters, places where sportsmen and women from across the country descend to pay homage to one of America’s favorite game birds.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • While the state's regular firearm season attracts most of the attention each year, sportsmen and women have additional chances to hunt this winter in Michigan.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pa., on Monday, Dec. 9, days after a masked and hooded gunman fatally shot Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan as the CEO was headed to an annual investors event.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Report Notes Staffing Problem The task force found that Thomas Crooks, the gunman in Butler, Pennsylvania, exploited security gaps caused by insufficient staffing and resources.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The requested data is: The date when the hunter caught the lion.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
  • More:Ohio hunters shoot 27,000 deer on opening day of gun season.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • These are not necessarily easy shot opportunities, so rifle setups need to be accurate and the rifleman needs to posess real skills.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The young couple were separated by WWII in 1943, when Bennett fought as an Army rifleman in battles in Normandy, northern France and the Rhineland, according to his military records.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Striking six-foot-tall huntress Haley Fitzgerald of Spruced Plume hunts to eat.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Pure Evil dispatches Fianna (Rachel House), a huntress who shoots fire lasers from her eyes, to secure the map by any means necessary.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024

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“Gunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunner. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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