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Recent Examples of AK-47
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.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
When authorities served a search warrant at his home, agents found an AK-47, a shotgun and 10 firearms in a safe.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 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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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
When authorities served a search warrant at his home, agents found an AK-47, a shotgun and 10 firearms in a safe.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 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
Noun
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Jennings later removed a rifle from his gun safe and opened fire inside the home, prompting his family to flee and report the incident to law enforcement, court documents say.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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After questioning witnesses, detectives determined Williams had gotten into a domestic dispute with another person who was with Taylor, and Williams pulled out a semiautomatic rifle and fired multiple shots, shooting Taylor in the back.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The weapons used are not known, but likely included standard M4 carbines.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Klymenko, who wore body armor, said the man was carrying a carbine.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sarhan and his colleagues cultured live yeast from the samples, but their shotgun metagenomics results also revealed a bunch of short fragments of DNA, most bearing the kind of damage that happens when DNA molecules break down over time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2026
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And in that moment, somewhere between the bench and the hospital, another Hurricane rode shotgun in an unmarked police car (silver Mustang, lights on) speeding toward the delivery room for the birth of his own son.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Online jail records reviewed by PEOPLE show Williams, 21, was booked into jail that Saturday on charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, possession or transportation of a machine gun, and discharging a firearm.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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The keepers of various indexes are going to machine gun SpaceX into their devices.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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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
Noun
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Time your visit for the weekend, when rangers bring history alive with booming musket and cannon demonstrations.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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One such prize, the Nancy, was transporting 2,000 muskets, 30 tons of musket balls and a massive 15-inch brass mortar – supplies the American army desperately needed for the war effort.—
Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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