gunfire

Example Sentences

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Chris Leather, officer in charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Criminal Operations in Ontario, called the gunfire a national-security incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Officers potentially wasting thousands of hours in pursuit of car backfires and construction noise mislabeled as gunfire has not deterred the New York Police Department from continuing to use it.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

The official told the agency they were trying to determine whether the gunfire was linked to the uranium shipment.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

An AFP correspondent outside Sheikh Maqsud heard sporadic gunfire from the neighbourhood after the army's announcement.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Quick as gunfire, Ramfis leapt to his feet and crouched between his father and our frozen tableau.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez