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No one was held at gunpoint, there were no injuries, and the thieves made away with more than $100 million worth of jewelry in a matter of minutes.
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Nearby, 30 minutes later, agents made the same mistake again bursting in on an innocent family and holding them at gunpoint.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Clark told jurors Combs forced her from her apartment at gunpoint to go with him to musician Kid Cudi’s home in December 2011.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Randle told authorities that her daughter had been abducted at gunpoint in Newark, Del., on Tuesday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 12 June 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Nearby, 30 minutes later, agents made the same mistake again bursting in on an innocent family and holding them at gunpoint.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Clark told jurors Combs forced her from her apartment at gunpoint to go with him to musician Kid Cudi’s home in December 2011.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Randle told authorities that her daughter had been abducted at gunpoint in Newark, Del., on Tuesday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 12 June 2025
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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