gunner
Example Sentences
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"The others had half wings – one was an observer and the other a rear gunner."
From BBC • May 5, 2025
"I tried using the time constructively," Mr Devonport, who served as a Chieftain gunner in the First Royal Tank Regiment, said.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024
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
Eighth Air Force and served as a radio gunner on a B-17, the massive bomber known as the Flying Fortress.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024
Tonya Khokhlova, the tail gunner for the 125th, married her navigator Klara Dubkova’s brother.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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