guns

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And that works just fine, as “Hag” uses every bit of its runtime to its favor, planting no less than 63 Chekov’s guns throughout the story, each one a more delicious callback than the last.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

But a scheme designed to buy back these now-prohibited guns from their owners has had a bumpy roll out, and the programme looks likely to miss the mark.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

“Dubai is trying to weather this storm by going all guns blazing, trying to maintain its reputational economy,” said Marc Owen Jones, associate professor of media analytics at Northwestern University in Qatar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

I knew guns were for taking lives, but in my mind, that was limited to small critters we needed to eat.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan