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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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Also missing are: — eight machine gun vehicle mounts; — seven free-standing machine gun tripods; — unspecified medical equipment; — 40 pairs of binoculars; and — 18 bayonets.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 2025
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In total, the suspects stole one armored Humvee, two cloth-door Humvees, eight machine gun vehicle mounts, seven freestanding machine gun tripods, 40 pairs of binoculars, 18 bayonets and medical equipment.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
11 Jan. 2025
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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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Proponents of gun control say limiting the ability of individuals to buy some weapons, such as assault rifles, would mitigate the number of shootings.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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O’Rourke had proposed a ban and a buyback program for assault rifles, and Boebert, standing in the audience, challenged him, in an exchange that subsequently appeared on Fox News.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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Another calls for raising the minimum age to purchase weapons, and a third urges the banning of assault weapons that were designed for war zones.—
Simon Parkin,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Submachine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submachine%20gun. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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