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That’s why I was on the Hill with Fred Rogers, trying to get them to continue the funding of what I felt was a big gun, right?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

I fired a 155 howitzer, this big gun on wheels.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2020

“I’m a big gun guy, and I’m all for background checks,” he said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2019

His very big, big gun having been destroyed, along with his fleet of ships, he still manages to swagger out of the ocean, quite literally, and proclaim himself a king.

From Slate • May 13, 2019

Amarante stood there toothlessly half-grinning with his big gun held laxly, almost limply in his hands.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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