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shotgun

noun as in firearm

Strong match

noun as in quiz

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in oblige

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Instead, the Housatonic’s crew fired their rifles and shotguns, only to see their bullets bounce harmlessly off the Hunley’s iron sides.

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Malone asks Cowboys mascot Rowdy, riding shotgun, as the two haul a giant Salvation Army bucket in a big rig to AT&T Stadium.

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Behind the cash register, the most sensational array of pistols and shotguns and automatic weapons lined the wall.

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When federal agents raided the men’s homes, they found a cache of weapons including rifles, shotguns, 1,600 rounds of ammunition and flash suppressors, the FBI said.

Last month, Pena traded in her New Orleans shotgun apartment for the streets of Southern California, where she was raised.

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