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Last July, a French bulldog was stolen at gunpoint in the Roseland neighborhood.
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Tara Molina, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
And her group learned of a man whose van was stolen at gunpoint and burned.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Instead, Marty lies to everyone, holds a co-worker at gunpoint for his pay and, infamously, makes a shocking wisecrack about Auschwitz.
—David Colman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
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Tara Molina, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
And her group learned of a man whose van was stolen at gunpoint and burned.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Instead, Marty lies to everyone, holds a co-worker at gunpoint for his pay and, infamously, makes a shocking wisecrack about Auschwitz.
—David Colman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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