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crossbow

[kraws-boh, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌboʊ, ˈkrɒs- /


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Tim Hinman narrates The Crossbow Killer podcast on BBC Sounds about a murder and its investigation that was stranger than fiction.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

Crossbow are already under strict controls, she says, but she says the government will consider the case for tighter legislation.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2018

Anderson directed more than 35 films, including "The Wreck of the Mary Deare," "Operation Crossbow," "All the Fine Young Cannibals," and "The Quiller Memorandum."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2018

In the 1980s Tell hit the small screen in the TV series "Crossbow," which had synthesizer sound effects and a hero with great hair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2013

Crossbow and arquebuse were brought to the level; but the Huguenot captain, "moved with the singular fairness and bigness of them," forbade his men to shoot.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various




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