big guns

Example Sentences

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Arsenal needed their big guns to come off the bench to secure a win over a battling Mansfield Town side in the FA Cup fifth round, but it was two 16-year-olds who made history.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 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

We’d been walking about a day and a half and we were almost halfway to Pochala when we heard the booming of big guns.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau