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We heard gunfire in the distance.
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Three people suffered gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening, and three others were injured in the chaos that ensued after gunfire rang out.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Still in shock and traumatized, the teens tried their best to recount the events that had, inexplicably to them, led to the eruption of gunfire.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
For more than a year, merchants and motorists had avoided the area amid gang gunfire and kidnappings.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Detectives arrested a man on suspicion of homicide in the shooting death of a man who was struck by gunfire this past weekend in Sacramento.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Still in shock and traumatized, the teens tried their best to recount the events that had, inexplicably to them, led to the eruption of gunfire.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
For more than a year, merchants and motorists had avoided the area amid gang gunfire and kidnappings.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Detectives arrested a man on suspicion of homicide in the shooting death of a man who was struck by gunfire this past weekend in Sacramento.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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