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
That’s why I was on the Hill with Fred Rogers, trying to get them to continue the funding of what I felt was a big gun, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
“At this moment, Mr. Upshur had his hand on the president’s arm and said, ‘Come Mr. Tyler, let’s go up and see the big gun fired,’ ” a correspondent for the New York Sun reported.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
I fired a 155 howitzer, this big gun on wheels.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2020
The big black thing that looked like a log turned out to be a big gun.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
