machine gun

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The Vahid Online Telegram channel shared two photographs of a black pickup truck with a machine gun mounted in the back in Tehran's Sadeghiyeh Square on the night of 8 January.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

He was Sylvester Stallone in the 1986 action movie “Cobra,” toting a machine gun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The Taiwanese boats also have water cannon and a 20-millimetre static machine gun, but are careful to avoid a confrontation that "could lead to unimaginable consequences", Huang said.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Bump stocks are replacement shoulder stocks that allow a semiautomatic gun to fire at nearly the rate of a machine gun.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

Freckles says, “Ha ha,” like a machine gun, and then, “Well, at least you sing.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle