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Recent Examples of submachine gun
One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
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Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
On October 19, CIA headquarters sent the station six untraceable submachine guns and ammunition in a diplomatic pouch, to be provided to the plotters.
—Peter Kornbluh, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
Satwant Singh, another bodyguard, fired 30 rounds from his submachine gun.
—Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
Of that, roughly $22 million was offensive weapons, including 3,000 portable antitank weapons and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for machine guns, submachine guns, or other fully automatic or semiautomatic firearms.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
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Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
On October 19, CIA headquarters sent the station six untraceable submachine guns and ammunition in a diplomatic pouch, to be provided to the plotters.
—Peter Kornbluh, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
Satwant Singh, another bodyguard, fired 30 rounds from his submachine gun.
—Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
Of that, roughly $22 million was offensive weapons, including 3,000 portable antitank weapons and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for machine guns, submachine guns, or other fully automatic or semiautomatic firearms.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for submachine gun
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One firearm carried a machine gun conversion device, commonly called a Glock Switch.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2024
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The beer brand was boycotted by many, including singer Kid Rock who shot a machine gun at crates of Bud Light.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.MIKE CORDER, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
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He then was flown to a Manhattan heliport, where he was walked slowly up a pier by a throng of officers with assault rifles — a contingent that included New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.MICHAEL R. SISAK, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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Just before midnight on November 19, Aldrich entered Club Q and opened fire with an AR-15-style assault rifle, killing five people and injuring 25 others before they were subdued not by the club’s security, but by two patrons.Abby Monteil, Them, 19 Nov. 2024
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Guy comes up, holding a tommy gun.George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
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That applies to all the dialogue, which doesn’t change at all from character to character, each of them firing off pop culture references like a tommy gun.Joshua Alston, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
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Biden Reacts to Abundant Life Christian School Shooting in Madison, WI Just over the weekend, Biden posted to X calling for a ban on assault weapons.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Bosley and the group also worked to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois last year.Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Submachine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submachine%20gun. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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