sidearm
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So did the U.S. military: The Beretta M9 served as its standard sidearm for more than two decades until 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
They had agreed there’d be no semiautomatic rifles, Williams told me, so everyone brought a sidearm.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
Scrambling to his left, quarterback Sam Howell saw a slight opening and slid the ball into it with a sidearm throw.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
The 31-year-old Japanese woman is a knuckleball pitcher with a sidearm delivery that she hopes might carry her to the big leagues in the United States or Japan.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
I sat on a park bench, watched a man toss a football to his son, telling him to not sidearm the ball, to throw over the shoulder.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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