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Footage has shown militia members—men and women; often elderly, slightly plump Venezuelans—running obstacle courses, crawling under barbed wire and firing rifles.

But he sold a .22 rifle for $300 to a boy who bragged about it online.

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Two such fighters, sporting the insignia of internal security units and armed with rifles, could be seen in several images geolocated by BBC Verify stationed at a crossroads in Gaza City.

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High beef prices have Smith thinking about taking his rifle and tracking down deer or elk, though he hasn’t hunted in almost three decades.

Two law-enforcement officers with rifles rushed into Maxwell’s room in the Madison dormitory, screaming at her to get up.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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