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gun

[guhn] / gʌn /


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Interim President Rodríguez and opposition leader Machado laid out competing visions, sounding the opening gun of a power struggle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Murphy, who has represented Connecticut in the Senate since 2013, has emerged as a prominent Democratic voice on gun control and immigration.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Collective flow has since become another important "smoking gun" signature of quark-gluon plasma.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

This property came with plenty of bells and whistles as well: a $200,000 candy room, a 2,500-bottle wine cellar loaded with cases of Dom Perignon, and an art installation featuring a chrome machine gun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

I shuddered to think of my aunt pulling a gun on a criminal.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

"They are just everywhere. Those guns are huge."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Its $9.5 million “power and energy” proposal promised cutting-edge research on how to distribute the limited power on board a ship between multiple energy-intense systems, like radars, lasers and rail guns.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Large-calibre machine guns such as Brownings are also being fitted with computerized targeting to hit fast-moving objects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Unlike ghost guns assembled from commercially sold unfinished parts, 3D printed ghost guns can be produced from plastic filament using consumer-grade equipment,” the suit said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The British Mark V tank, equipped with two small cannon and four machine guns, had a crew of eight.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

And Hoy gunned his boat for the day’s first run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Later that day, ICE agents operating in Minneapolis couldn’t successfully execute an operation in a neighborhood less than a mile from where George Floyd was gunned down six years ago.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026

Three weeks after Robert Fico was gunned down in central Slovakia, he’s made a full-throated return to political life - on the eve of the European elections.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024

But this week his personal rips reached a new and disturbing low when he not only threw his young team under the bus, but then threw the bus into drive and gunned the gas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

Then Roosevelt gunned his car engine and sped off.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Bermúdez, the effusive mood-lifter of the group, was gunning for a career as a soloist when he entered the ring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Jurors in the highly anticipated murder trial of Luigi Mangione, charged with gunning down a health insurance executive, will receive anonymity, a judge said on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Less than 10 years ago, Kelly, then a Fox News anchor, was gunning for a career in mainstream media.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

Granted, they have been gunning for his judgement too, in a circular firing squad about credibility.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

As she walked the length of Cook’s trap line she saw an occasional gunning skiff, heard the wild free crying of the water birds, watched them fly up, wings spread wide.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry


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