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Recent Examples of semiautomatic
Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
Oregon and federal laws didn’t require background checks for purchasing semiautomatic rifles like an AK-47.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Read the stories Five years ago in August, a gunman walked into the store and fired hundreds of bullets from a semiautomatic rifle.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet Trump also banned bump stocks, attachments that allow semiautomatic guns to shoot faster; the Supreme Court, including all three justices appointed by Trump, overturned that rule in June.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2024
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Mayers, 36, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
Oregon and federal laws didn’t require background checks for purchasing semiautomatic rifles like an AK-47.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Read the stories Five years ago in August, a gunman walked into the store and fired hundreds of bullets from a semiautomatic rifle.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet Trump also banned bump stocks, attachments that allow semiautomatic guns to shoot faster; the Supreme Court, including all three justices appointed by Trump, overturned that rule in June.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiautomatic
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Making Exercise Prescription Easier And More Automated AI tools designed to make prescription easier and more automated typically aim to take care of the higher-level, more complicated decision making that PTs perform.Tyler Read, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Most notably, automated walls of glass slide open to reveal an expansive wraparound terrace providing sweeping vistas.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
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At the time of its invention over 80 years ago, the PPK inspired an entirely new category in the firearm industry, now widely known as the concealed carry pistol.Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Barrow was found guilty of assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a pistol, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Some would offer only a few settings and didn’t have an automatic shutoff timer option either.Ali Faccenda, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Worth mentioning: After UT received more than 70,000 applications this year, the university tightened its enrollment requirements, approving only the top 5% of each high school senior class for automatic admission for applicants in 2026.Asher Price, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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According to the criminal complaint, Miller and his girlfriend were walking in the 700 block of Thomas Avenue when a vehicle drove onto the sidewalk in front of them and two males got out carrying handguns.Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
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The two push through the police tape to see what's going on, only to see a handgun on the bathroom floor and blood.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
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One 2017 study found that manual treadmills raise the heart rate and oxygen consumption more than motorized treads or outdoor running at the same pace (particularly among lighter runners).Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 28 June 2024
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Speaking to the New York Times ahead of the event, Klum said her glowing fingertips and motorized headpiece, which weighed around five pounds, were controlled remotely by a member of her team.Oscar Holland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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The revolver will help grow Neon’s operations, including film acquisition, development, production and distribution, while also driving the indie studio into new international markets.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
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The revolver was in a holster that didn’t have a strap over the hammer.Brie Stimson, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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The volunteer accomplices included Bugsy Siegel’s publicist, mobster Meyer Lansky, Pee-wee Herman’s dad Milton Rubenfeld, and Frank Sinatra. Many of the rifles and other arms came from Czechoslovakia, and were used by the Nazis.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Twelve rifles and pistols were recovered at his home when he was arrested Nov. 7 and police seized more than 15,000 bullets of various calibers, including the armor-piercing rounds.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Generic garbage with weird phrases and a robotic structure.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Would there be robotic surgeries or emergency ambulances?Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Semiautomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiautomatic. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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