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

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

The Brewers took him in the second round of the 2022 draft, and the radar gun only kept ticking up from there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The gun is tucked back inside the saddlebag.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes