big guns
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So they decided they decided to bring in the big guns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“If the government decides to use big guns and bring back the battleships, I’m not getting involved.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Both sides wheeled out big guns, with former president Barack Obama rallying support for Spanberger and Sherrill.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
The big guns come out late in any Academy Awards broadcast — and the 77th Oscars, held on Feb. 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles — was no different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
Horses were important because they also pulled the big guns, the ammunition wagons, and the wheeled field kitchens that cooked on the march.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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