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We heard gunfire in the distance.
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The painting, which shows Trump famously pumping his fist after surviving gunfire at a campaign rally, was installed in the White House State Floor in April 2025.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
What started as an argument over using a water cup for soda quickly spiraled into gunfire inside a West Palm Beach Taco Bell, police said.
—Skyler Shepard, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Surveillance video recorded the whole fight between two men that ended in gunfire at the Family Express station outside the Aberdeen subdivision in Center Township Saturday night.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
They were huddled over in single file, Stephen Miller grasping his wife, moving away from the gunfire.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
What started as an argument over using a water cup for soda quickly spiraled into gunfire inside a West Palm Beach Taco Bell, police said.
—Skyler Shepard, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Surveillance video recorded the whole fight between two men that ended in gunfire at the Family Express station outside the Aberdeen subdivision in Center Township Saturday night.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
They were huddled over in single file, Stephen Miller grasping his wife, moving away from the gunfire.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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