big gun
Example Sentences
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For just one example, see next term’s big gun case, which asks whether the Second Amendment prevents the government from disarming people who are under a restraining order for domestic violence.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
If this appeal to latinidad still doesn’t work, Caruso brings out the big gun for his Spanish-language commercial on crime: a guy who sounds just like the Dodgers’ Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
I fired a 155 howitzer, this big gun on wheels.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2020
On Wednesday, maritime scientists announced that they had found the sunken stern and its big gun, encrusted with sea growth, in 290 feet of water amid one of World War II’s most untouched battlefields.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2018
Inej could only hope she could get the big gun working.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
