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only the best marksmen can hit the bull's-eye at 500 feet
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No marksman is smoother from midrange than Gilgeous-Alexander, and OKC teammate Jalen Williams isn’t far behind.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The first Sentinel Sports and Travel show was held in the Milwaukee Auditorium for eight days in April of 1940, and offered every kind of amusement for the vacation seeker, fisherman, marksman, or dog lover.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Almost two years ago, the Catalina Island Conservancy proposed using aerial marksmen in helicopters to shoot the deer.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
During that time, a self-effacing marksman named Simo Häyhä, a sniper so grimly effective he was known and feared as the White Death, would prove invaluable to the Finns’ ability to hold off the Soviet advance.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The first Sentinel Sports and Travel show was held in the Milwaukee Auditorium for eight days in April of 1940, and offered every kind of amusement for the vacation seeker, fisherman, marksman, or dog lover.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Almost two years ago, the Catalina Island Conservancy proposed using aerial marksmen in helicopters to shoot the deer.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
During that time, a self-effacing marksman named Simo Häyhä, a sniper so grimly effective he was known and feared as the White Death, would prove invaluable to the Finns’ ability to hold off the Soviet advance.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Marksman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marksman. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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