big guns
Example Sentences
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With Thursday's stage also flat and looking likely to be a sprint finish, the big guns have another chance to break their drought tomorrow.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“If the government decides to use big guns and bring back the battleships, I’m not getting involved.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Both sides wheeled out big guns, with former president Barack Obama rallying support for Spanberger and Sherrill.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
The big guns come out late in any Academy Awards broadcast — and the 77th Oscars, held on Feb. 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles — was no different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
The thunder of the big guns no longer rolled over the water.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
