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Recent Examples of AK-47
The North Korean soldier was carrying an AK-12 assault rifle – the newer model of the standard issue AK-47, Amur said.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff Bishop Curry wears a cross made from an AK-47.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
He was arrested after a loaded AK-47 assault rifle was found in his backseat.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is offering $5,000 for the recovery of the Draco gun, which looks like an AK-47, that deputies believe was used to kill German-Garo.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff Bishop Curry wears a cross made from an AK-47.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
He was arrested after a loaded AK-47 assault rifle was found in his backseat.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is offering $5,000 for the recovery of the Draco gun, which looks like an AK-47, that deputies believe was used to kill German-Garo.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
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Their daughter competed for Puerto Rico in rifle shooting at the Olympics in 2016, 2021 and 2024.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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At a June 3 news conference announcing the charges, Luna said the Baldwin Police Department received a report at about 7:12 p.m. local time of a man armed with a rifle who had opened fire on the 4200 block of Filhurst Avenue.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
Noun
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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
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In an interview with police, a family member said that Luke Howard had a 10mm Hi-Point carbine rifle and a 10mm glock handgun, court records said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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Shooters use shotguns, with each shot projecting hundreds of small lead balls to hit the clay pigeons.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Other defense measures include shooting at the drones with small guns and shotguns, and putting up netting to try to disrupt their flight.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
31 May 2025
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Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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This conflict, ensnared in trench warfare, is reminiscent of the battlefields of Europe in World War I, where the machine gun and tank notably became revolutions in military affairs; the small drone is this generation’s change to modern warfare.—
Bill Edwards,
Forbes.com,
3 June 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
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Musk is able to launch these bundles of satellites at a Gatling-gun pace, while his competitors operate at musket speed with rockets that must be rebuilt from scratch each time.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
6 May 2025
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Later, Flinders interacted with the First Nations people again, this time giving them his shot belt that included musket balls, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 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 17 Jun. 2025.
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