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Sources said in that incident — during which a store owner reportedly was bound with duct tape and held at gunpoint — two firearms were stolen.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Today, earnest twentysomething Ph.D. candidates dive into their phones, use their training in statistics to play perfect poker, and hunt for the fine arbitrage advantages that Rothstein once had to enforce at gunpoint.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The woman came out of the public bathroom in Garden Township in August 1986 during her over 300-mile bike trip from Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and was forced into a person’s car at gunpoint, police said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
When exiting the toilet, she was forced at gunpoint into the suspect's car.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Today, earnest twentysomething Ph.D. candidates dive into their phones, use their training in statistics to play perfect poker, and hunt for the fine arbitrage advantages that Rothstein once had to enforce at gunpoint.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The woman came out of the public bathroom in Garden Township in August 1986 during her over 300-mile bike trip from Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and was forced into a person’s car at gunpoint, police said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
When exiting the toilet, she was forced at gunpoint into the suspect's car.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gunpoint
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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