gun
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"It's a terrible thing, but thank goodness for a man that had a gun and knew how to use it," he told reporters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
By Sunday afternoon, the rumor had acquired its supposed smoking gun.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
West Midlands Police believes the reorganisation and creation of its major crime unit has led to the fall in gun crime, and a rise in seizures of weapons.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The spool suit is the latest in a coordinated effort by California’s municipalities and the state attorney general’s office to throttle the bootleg gun industry by stanching the flow of its precursor components.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
According to my watch, I was minutes away from John Wilkes Booth coming up the same staircase I’d just used, gun in hand.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Large-calibre machine guns such as Brownings are also being fitted with computerized targeting to hit fast-moving objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
According to the San Diego action, more than half of all ghost guns recovered in the U.S. are confiscated in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Maduro has denied the charges he originally faced: "narco-terrorism" conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices as well as conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Bear-hunting permits across eight provinces have been issued and officials are seeking to obtain tranquiliser dart guns to support rangers in rural areas, AFP reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
As he felt himself lifted, he knew that the sound was not hunters with guns.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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And Hoy gunned his boat for the day’s first run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Later that day, ICE agents operating in Minneapolis couldn’t successfully execute an operation in a neighborhood less than a mile from where George Floyd was gunned down six years ago.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026
In 1916, the last known grizzly roaming Southern California was gunned down in the Sunland area of L.A., and aptly became known as the Sunland Grizzly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
Three weeks after Robert Fico was gunned down in central Slovakia, he’s made a full-throated return to political life - on the eve of the European elections.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024
He gunned the engine, and we sped past the thing into the night.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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Texas has been gunning to challenge New York as a hub for finance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The 24-year-old, who's gunning for a historic quadruple win at the event this week, told BBC Newsbeat "the glam definitely helps that mentality because sprinting is such a confidence game".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Jurors in the highly anticipated murder trial of Luigi Mangione, charged with gunning down a health insurance executive, will receive anonymity, a judge said on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Less than 10 years ago, Kelly, then a Fox News anchor, was gunning for a career in mainstream media.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
Garrett seems to be gunning for two pieces, actually.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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