gun

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At the same time, the pit-lane limit is not measured by a speed gun, but by a series of timing loops and the on-car transponders.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

OpenAI, the company that fired the starting gun on the current AI rally in late 2022, filed private documents with the SEC Monday that outlined its plans to go public in the coming months.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

A Pentagon contract award often is a starting gun for Lockheed to gather proposals from parts makers, including Boeing, L3Harris and others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

She added: “I love the feel of being under the gun, under pressure. It’s not like a life-and-death situation, but you know that adrenaline that you get…”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

They herded the hastily formed Volkssturm platoons into parks and gave hurried instructions in the use of the machine gun and Panzerfaust.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti