gunner

Example Sentences

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Mr Morris joined the Army at the age of 17 and during the war served as an anti-aircraft gunner in the Royal Artillery.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

But Almonds got the aircraft's gunner and it flew off.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

Although more accustomed to playing out wide as a gunner, he didn’t blink at lining up at a position more often occupied by bigger linebackers, or sometimes even linemen.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

The gunner survived and is now recovering, Lawyer said a few days later.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Masha flew with Galina “Galya” Dzhunkovskaya as her navigator, and with a male tail gunner and radio operator, Ivan Solenov.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein