smoking gun

Example Sentences

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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

"There is no smoking gun in this case," Kaufman told the three-judge panel at the ICC.

From Barron's

But the RBA still needs a smoking gun in the CPI data, with most attention on the trimmed mean core inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is no definitive smoking gun in this lawsuit.

From BBC

With crypto, you rarely need a smoking gun — leverage and narrative do the job.

From MarketWatch