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Recent Examples of AK-47
That briefing also said police had found two rifles — an AK-47 and an AR-platform rifle — along with ammunition next to the exploded vehicle.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Armored personnel carriers block the gate of the sprawling compound and security officers wielding AK-47s patrol the perimeter.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 16 May 2025
The book details how the rancher must patrol his property with an AK-47 daily to guard against drug runners.
—José Ignacio Castañeda Perez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2025
When he was arrested in Miami-Dade in December 2022, he was also found with an AK-47, according to court records.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Armored personnel carriers block the gate of the sprawling compound and security officers wielding AK-47s patrol the perimeter.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 16 May 2025
The book details how the rancher must patrol his property with an AK-47 daily to guard against drug runners.
—José Ignacio Castañeda Perez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2025
When he was arrested in Miami-Dade in December 2022, he was also found with an AK-47, according to court records.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
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After the shooting, Hughes disposed of the rifle, wiped his computer history and tried to blame the killing on his girlfriend’s ex-husband, prosecutors said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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When everything was ready, Paul shoved his rifle into the saddle boot and climbed onto Flikka.—
Fred C. Mercer,
Outdoor Life,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Elam has been researching the Pusser case for decades, and has provided information to the TBI, including a 2023 lead on a carbine that may have belonged to Pusser.—
Keith Sharon,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Hale’s firearms included an AR-15 pistol, a semi-automatic AR pistol, a semi-automatic carbine rifle and a semi-automatic pistol.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Earlier this month, while testing shotguns for our annual shotgun test, the crew and I got the chance to experiment with Caldwell’s new Claycopter Launcher.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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Democracy and human rights have served as the moral lubricant for riding shotgun on costly U.S.-led geopolitical adventures.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
27 July 2025
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The East German guards, many still in uniform but without their lethal machine guns, seemed amused, almost giddy.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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In July 2023, he was accused of importing a gun part to convert a semi-automatic rifle into a fully automatic machine gun.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
29 July 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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On April 19, 1775, the crack of a musket marked the first official command for colonists to fire upon the red-coated army of Britain’s King George III.—
Lisa Meyers McClintick,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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Depictions of Warren tend to show him in military uniform, with a sword or a musket.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The worshipers insisted on congregating to pray at the crucifix in the local church and threatened to shoot with an arquebus – a long gun used during the Renaissance period – anyone who got in their way.—
Hannah Marcus,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2020
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AK-47. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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