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gunman

[guhn-muhn] / ˈgʌn mən /


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Both Foreman and his colleague took off running around the corner onto Crenshaw, with the gunman on their heels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The Slovenian-born former model skipped a number of other major events including the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 24, despite having attended the first version in April, which was disrupted by a gunman.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

After the most recent, when a gunman stormed a hotel in Washington during a White House dinner, Trump's security team said they would review their protocols for protecting the president.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The association honored Secret Service agent Victor Gonzalez, who was shot in his protective vest while confronting the gunman, along with Washington Hilton employees who helped guests during the attack.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

There’s a sweet picture of the gunman as a child.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

At only eight, she fled war-torn Somalia with her family after gunmen attacked their home and lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for four years.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Police did not say how many shots the officer fired or whether the gunmen were struck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The man hailed a hero for tackling one of the gunmen who killed 15 people at Bondi Beach has pleaded not guilty to allegedly assaulting his father, a Sydney court has heard.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Awad and another man -- named as Mansour Kaziha -- drew the gunmen back into the parking lot.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

But why had they arrested our bus driver and not the gunmen?

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai


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