: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
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There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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Be sure to stick around for the twice-daily gunfights staged in the dusty streets by local thespians in 10-gallon hats.
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Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
According to Cuban authorities, the gunfight happened after Cuban Border Guard troops asked the crew to identify themselves.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Reed fired back, prompting a third person to join the gunfight.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
The death certificate fits with a description of the operation to capture Oseguera Cervantes given by Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla, who had said that the cartel leader and two bodyguards had been badly wounded in a gunfight with soldiers outside a home in Tapalpa, Jalisco.
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Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
According to Cuban authorities, the gunfight happened after Cuban Border Guard troops asked the crew to identify themselves.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Reed fired back, prompting a third person to join the gunfight.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
The death certificate fits with a description of the operation to capture Oseguera Cervantes given by Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla, who had said that the cartel leader and two bodyguards had been badly wounded in a gunfight with soldiers outside a home in Tapalpa, Jalisco.
—CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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