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Recent Examples of zip gun
The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
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cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zip gun
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Investigators found 14 pistols, five rifles and a rocket launcher in those black and yellow crates.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The defense argued that Relli initiated the altercation and Rocky's behavior was in self-defense, adding that the rapper's pistol was taken from a music video set and only fired blanks.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Rocky's latest appointment comes after he was acquitted by a jury over two charges of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm — as he was accused of firing a semi-automatic handgun at former friend A$AP Relli in November 2021.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Authorities say Soto had walked into the store, where he was formerly employed, with a handgun and fired 16 shots.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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Natalia returned to Kosovo that fall for another two months of training, and she is currently certified to dispose of mines, rockets, artillery and mortar shells, submunitions, grenades, and small arms.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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The benefits of such innovation are clear: first, the armor and size of the vehicle protect the driver against small arms fire.—
David L. Knoll,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2016
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Inside the package inside the wall, police investigators found a .22-caliber American Arms revolver, 10 .22-caliber cartridges, a razor blade, three handcuff keys and a special bit that could unscrew metal fasteners inside the jail.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hutchins died on the set of Rust on Oct. 21, 2021 after a prop revolver went off while Baldwin, the film’s star and producer, was positioning it for a scene.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Harlem rapper, 36, was recently found not guilty on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in Los Angeles.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
22 Feb. 2025
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Njoroge said the driver was taken to a hospital and later booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on an arrest warrant and charges including reckless evading, felon in possession of a firearm and hit-and-run.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Bennett heard a knock at his door on Feb. 16, 2023, and grabbed a gun.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Rust accident occurred on Oct. 27, 2021, when a prop gun Baldwin was holding went off on the set of the Western film and killed Hutchins, 42.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
5 Jan. 2025
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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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“Zip gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip%20gun. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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