machine gun
Example Sentences
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Olsen: But I have to ask, what is your interpretation of the floating machine gun?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 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
The wind wails impossibly louder, throwing debris against the door like a machine gun.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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