rifleman
Example Sentences
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In the future, Breuer predicts, “Every rifleman will need to be a drone pilot.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Before becoming a politician he left the British Army as a rifleman to earn a living as the owner a jiu-jitsu gym in Swindon.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024
He came overland from New Mexico with a wagon train expedition called the Rowland Workman party; he was a tailor and a rifleman, both handy skills in the new frontier.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022
The Marine Corps said that Blowe had been a rifleman and that his awards included a Good Conduct Medal.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022
The rifleman dropped to his knees with the gun at his shoulder.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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