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There are also some frightening scenes, for example, when Fiyero holds Glinda at gunpoint and is then taken away by guards who tie him to a stake and assault him.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Surveillance video shows a man robbing a pizza restaurant in Dover, New Hampshire, at gunpoint on Wednesday evening.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The caller said they were robbed at gunpoint.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Nov. 2025
But according to the complaint, investigation allegedly later revealed that Greene had not, in fact, been attacked by three men at gunpoint.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 20 Nov. 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Surveillance video shows a man robbing a pizza restaurant in Dover, New Hampshire, at gunpoint on Wednesday evening.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The caller said they were robbed at gunpoint.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Nov. 2025
But according to the complaint, investigation allegedly later revealed that Greene had not, in fact, been attacked by three men at gunpoint.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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