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Earlier that year, during the Olympic games in Rio, Lochte claimed that he and three other swimmers had been robbed at gunpoint in Brazil.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
That includes the execution of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023 and TV journalists being held at gunpoint on live TV in early 2024, prompting a state of siege by interim and later elected President 37-year-old Daniel Noboa.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Four Black undergraduate students at Harvard University wound up being held at gunpoint during a swatting incident at the Ivy League school in 2023, according to reporting by The Harvard Crimson.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Not long before, Congressman Henry Cuellar was held at gunpoint across the street.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
That includes the execution of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023 and TV journalists being held at gunpoint on live TV in early 2024, prompting a state of siege by interim and later elected President 37-year-old Daniel Noboa.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Four Black undergraduate students at Harvard University wound up being held at gunpoint during a swatting incident at the Ivy League school in 2023, according to reporting by The Harvard Crimson.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Not long before, Congressman Henry Cuellar was held at gunpoint across the street.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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