gunfire

Example Sentences

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Chris Leather, officer in charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Criminal Operations in Ontario, called the gunfire a national-security incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Officers potentially wasting thousands of hours in pursuit of car backfires and construction noise mislabeled as gunfire has not deterred the New York Police Department from continuing to use it.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Ratner, of course, earned Hollywood over $2 billion with his blockbusters about gunfire and exploding cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Some streets were blocked by traffic sign poles and large metal sheets, in an apparent effort by protesters to protect themselves from gunfire.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

The door opened, and the music came bursting out like gunfire.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds