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Recent Examples of gunshot
He was later found with a gunshot wound to his stomach, right below his bulletproof vest.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
While investigating, officers learned that two people arrived at Danbury Hospital and were treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
Police found the girl with a gunshot wound when they were called to the home in the 490 block of Cabarrus Arms Drive at about 7:30 a.m., according to a city of Kannapolis news release.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
Another male student was being treated for a facial injury that wasn't a gunshot wound.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
While investigating, officers learned that two people arrived at Danbury Hospital and were treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
Police found the girl with a gunshot wound when they were called to the home in the 490 block of Cabarrus Arms Drive at about 7:30 a.m., according to a city of Kannapolis news release.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
Another male student was being treated for a facial injury that wasn't a gunshot wound.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunshot
Noun
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Camp North End is an over 500,000-square-foot adaptive reuse 76-acre site where Model T cars were manufactured and Army missiles were assembled, ATCO said.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Jan. 2025
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Autocrats rule nations whose war chests are brimming with nukes and the missiles to deliver them.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The pilot downed one pair of Russian projectiles with medium-range missiles and another pair with short-range missiles, according to the post.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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Militants fired three projectiles into Israel from Gaza on Monday, one of which was intercepted, the military said.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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There were also numerous boxes of ammunition, three license plates, and some clothing.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
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After a physical altercation, the men set the home ablaze — with her inside — and escaped with a green safe, a Beretta handgun, an AK-47-style rifle, jade figurines and 2,000 rounds of ammunition, the FBI said.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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In their world, there were more hands to share the load, more voices to call out, more feet to hold the line.—
Katherine Schulten,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Gigabyte was showing off a pair of high-end systems built out with the C500, in concert with the company’s AI TOP utility, which was being demoed with a feature linking the two systems via Thunderbolt and the two sharing the load of AI processing tasks.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
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And of course, scores of documentaries use footage shot on phones, for obvious reasons.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Oscar voters love to recognize the career of a legacy star — but butt shots?—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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So, what happens then to the shells of carbon-rich dust?—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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The shell was one of the only objects that survived a fire that burned down her great-grandmother’s home in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in the early 1900s.—
Jennifer Medina,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The two cartridges that come with the XL model are rated at a total of 4,200 pages.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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The durable, high-quality glass cartridge ensures that each flavorful hit is as smooth as the first.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Now the pop star’s former digs have resurfaced on the market, asking a smidge under $6 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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McKnight received his first Grammy nomination at the 36th annual awards in 1994 for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal alongside Vanessa Williams.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunshot. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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