gunfire
Example Sentences
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Frank Vogas told AFP he was buying paint at a shop in the area when the gunfire erupted.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
A series of military exercises taking place in empty buildings across the Southland are scaring residents and rattling neighbors as the sound of gunfire rings out in the dark and troops descend from helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Who still cares about the women who marched bareheaded under gunfire in the streets of Tehran?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Jacqueline Butler, youngest child of father-of-six Patrick Butler, told the inquest her father had gone into the estate to offer help to those wounded after the gunfire broke out.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
On Paul Van Riper’s first tour in Southeast Asia, when he was out in the bush, serving as an advisor to the South Vietnamese, he would often hear gunfire in the distance.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
