gunner

Example Sentences

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But Almonds got the aircraft's gunner and it flew off.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

Although more accustomed to playing out wide as a gunner, he didn’t blink at lining up at a position more often occupied by bigger linebackers, or sometimes even linemen.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Donald became a gunner in the Middlesex Regiment.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

The gunner survived and is now recovering, Lawyer said a few days later.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

When Henry Allen joined the military, it never occurred to him that he would end up serving as a machine gunner in Vietnam.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge