smoking gun
Example Sentences
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And in a place like the United States, where everyone is in pursuit of power, walking around with a smoking gun puts a target on your back.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Now, I think Joseph has found the smoking gun," Howell continued, "and he's tied the bumps into the magnetar model, and explained everything with the best-tested theory in astrophysics -- General Relativity.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
But they were, with remarkable frequency, also a smoking gun.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2026
Scott Griffiths of the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences said a "smoking gun research study" was unlikely to emerge soon to prove the harms of social media.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
The tape of Nixon and his staff plotting to use the CIA to block the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate break-in proved to be the smoking gun prosecutors were looking for.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
