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Recent Examples of AK-47
He was struck with 11 bullets from enemy AK-47 fire along with grenade fragments from a nearby explosion.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Foster was carrying an AK-47 when Perry shot and killed him.
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Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
Jesús Domínguez pushes through thick brush lining a rugged mountainside with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder and a grenade fastened to his leather belt.
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ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
From a full-on off-road e-bike for kids aged four to 10, an enduro with a sidecar from the maker of the AK-47, a proper Graham Jarvis electric dirt bike, to Segway's new e-bike that mimics three gas bikes in one.
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New Atlas,
20 Jan. 2026
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Foster was carrying an AK-47 when Perry shot and killed him.
—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
Jesús Domínguez pushes through thick brush lining a rugged mountainside with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder and a grenade fastened to his leather belt.
—
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
From a full-on off-road e-bike for kids aged four to 10, an enduro with a sidecar from the maker of the AK-47, a proper Graham Jarvis electric dirt bike, to Segway's new e-bike that mimics three gas bikes in one.
—
New Atlas,
20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
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Investigators said that the child was not injured after the bite, and the dog had already been separated and was back inside its home when Reyes Rodriguez armed himself with a rifle, entered the neighbor's home, shot the dog and killed it.
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As the crowd passed through the neighborhood, the McCloskeys emerged from their home carrying firearms — Mark with an AR-15-style rifle and Patricia with a handgun.
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The weapons used are not known, but likely included standard M4 carbines.
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Klymenko, who wore body armor, said the man was carrying a carbine.
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Riding shotgun with us is Michael Wallis, journalist, author, and longtime Route 66 historian.
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The round, too small for the shotgun, fell through the gun’s barrel.
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Pinpoint Where Value Is Being Lost Honestly, almost everyone is trying to kill an ant with a machine gun.
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Certain models of handguns can allow semi-automatic guns to fire without repeatedly pulling the trigger, if an accessory called a machine gun conversion device is installed.
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In the winter morning sunshine, two tanks and an armored personnel carrier moved slowly down Constitution Avenue, accompanied by troops carrying submachine guns, while soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines lined the street.
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On the roof, a three-year-old boy from Chile plays with a toy submachine gun, pointing it at anyone who comes within range.
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Independence without muskets and mortars, hurrah!
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Pumphrey was felled there by a British musket ball, his body left to lie in a shallow grave in South Carolina.
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
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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.
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Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.
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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AK-47. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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