shotgun
Example Sentences
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The first lady’s remarks came after a man armed with a shotgun, handgun and several knives breached security at the Washington black-tie event on April 25.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
However, they provided little evidence to support that claim, other than that the shotgun held a spent cartridge in its barrel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
She sold her home in the Beechmont neighborhood, which she purchased for $105,000, for $195,000, enabling her to buy a historic shotgun house in Butchertown for $279,000 in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Riding shotgun in Ricky’s Crown Vic, bad radio blaring.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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