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Recent Examples of sidearm
That firearm has been identified as the personal sidearm of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas R. Moss, who served as a pilot in the Air Force.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
That model was the standard-issue U.S. military sidearm from 1911 to 1985.
—Nick Penzenstadler, The Courier-Journal, 23 May 2024
Cleveland went to the bullpen for Nick Sandlin, a right-hander with a funky sidearm delivery.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
Participants have been asked not to bring long guns, for example, though sidearms are fine.
—Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
That model was the standard-issue U.S. military sidearm from 1911 to 1985.
—Nick Penzenstadler, The Courier-Journal, 23 May 2024
Cleveland went to the bullpen for Nick Sandlin, a right-hander with a funky sidearm delivery.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
Participants have been asked not to bring long guns, for example, though sidearms are fine.
—Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidearm
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The switches, which can be purchased for less than $20 or created on a 3D printer, allow the pistols to fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute, according to Platkin.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The pistol was loaded with a Glock magazine containing six nine-millimeter full metal jacket rounds.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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He was released from custody, but the handgun was turned over to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Gun switches like what Robinson imported often turn handguns into the equivalent of automatic weapons — with the ability to rapidly empty a gun's magazine with a single trigger pull.David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Hunter Biden was convicted of lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver, submitting a false statement into a federal record, and unlawfully possessing the firearm for 11 days.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
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No witness at the trial testified to observing Biden using drugs in the days after purchasing the Colt Cobra revolver.Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
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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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That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
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Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.EDWARD M. EVELD, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
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The authorities have not said that Mr. Mangione made the gun he was found with.Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 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
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“Sidearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidearm. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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