rifleman
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Bek Ismailov, a 60-year-old rifleman visiting the parade, told AFP he wanted a "Russia without war".
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
“During rotations, unfortunately, there are a lot of losses, the most losses,” said a 52-year-old rifleman known by his call sign Psycho.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Before becoming a politician he left the British Army as a rifleman to earn a living as the owner a jiu-jitsu gym in Swindon.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
Every American was a rifleman by birth, and one American was worth ten or twenty foreigners in a fight.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
It is the position soldiers assume when one of their compatriots is buried and a trio of riflemen fire their weapons seven times in quick succession just before “Taps” is played.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2024
He fought in Congo, Syria and Lebanon, before joining a unit of marine riflemen known as the Kieffer commandos, which trained in the Scottish Highlands.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
Seck prodded François Hollande, then the president, to naturalize 28 of the African riflemen in 2017.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
The officers placed calls for more equipment and back-up, including tactical teams, precision riflemen and negotiators, as they evacuated students and teachers from the school.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2022
The riflemen and the other living allies were bemused: they could make nothing of this ghostly, spectral combat.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
