rifle

Example Sentences

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He designed his own rehabilitation programme, which he shared with others on social media, before later going back to fight on the front, becoming a senior lieutenant and commander of a rifle platoon.

From BBC

Porter’s family has said he was firing a rifle into the air as a celebration to ring in the new year.

From Los Angeles Times

One post shared in 2021 by a relative shows the suspect holding a hunting rifle.

From BBC

According to the Reuters news agency, two handguns and a rifle were found at the scene near the Petrohan mountain pass, about an hour's distance from the capital Sofia.

From BBC

But today, as I rifle through the stack of shiny magazines and dirt-stained envelopes, I see it.

From Literature