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Recent Examples of AK-47
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
The rapper recalled some of his most unforgettable viral stunts during his rise, including running up a hill with an AK-47.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
The film tells a conspiracist version of the AK-47 attack on the Regency Hotel, claiming, without evidence, that the police and various politicians were complicit.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
School shootings are an obvious one, made explicitly so by Archer seeing a giant AK-47 with the number 217 in red floating above a house.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026
The rapper recalled some of his most unforgettable viral stunts during his rise, including running up a hill with an AK-47.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
The film tells a conspiracist version of the AK-47 attack on the Regency Hotel, claiming, without evidence, that the police and various politicians were complicit.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
School shootings are an obvious one, made explicitly so by Archer seeing a giant AK-47 with the number 217 in red floating above a house.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
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According to investigators, Ghazali was also armed with a rifle and killed himself after exchanging gunfire with the synagogue's security guards.—
Jonah Kaplan,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Ghazali, armed with a rifle, allegedly rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel, one of the nation’s largest Reform Jewish synagogues.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fresh off a surprise cosign from Aespa member Giselle, zayok is one of the leaders of an amorphous digital scene that includes gunk and sydney runner, whose music iterates on carbine-y wonkiness to form a new kind of balladry halfway between SoundCloud IDM, rap, and voice memo.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Rip, from the director Joe Carnahan, is a cop drama where macho guys (and gals) tote carbine rifles and grunt law-enforcement lingo—the kind of crime-genre pablum that commonly gets thrown onto Netflix in mid-January.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some hockey Warbucks is going to pull up to Carle’s house in a Brink’s truck soon and dare him to ride shotgun.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Prince would ride shotgun in Reese’s truck all day, Brandon said.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Cubans have now been treated to the surreal sight of the island’s most famous living musician, Silvio Rodriguez, receiving a machine gun alongside the Cuban president and top military officials.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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The charges were trafficking in firearms, possession of a machine gun and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime.—
Ryan Oehrli
March 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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He was killed during the French siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War on June 25, 1673, after being struck in the throat by a musket ball.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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D’Artagnan was killed by a musket ball to the throat in the siege of Maastricht in 1673, and excavators believe that a skeleton found in the city was his.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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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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Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AK-47. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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