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large firearms (as cannons or rockets) during the brutal artillery attack families hid in their cellars

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Recent Examples of artillery At the tactical level, missile-and-artillery systems remain the most familiar element. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025 Along with manpower, North Korea has also supplied Moscow with ballistic missiles and artillery, among other military equipment. Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Russia’s artillery use is significantly higher, ranging from 10,000 rounds to 36,000 rounds per day. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025 Rheinmetall’s facility will be able to produce 350,000 artillery shells annually by 2027, part of efforts by the continent to ultimately manufacture 2 million a year by itself. semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for artillery
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  • Restricting trans people from buying guns would either require an act of Congress, or require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which reports to the Justice Department, to broaden the definition of a disqualifying mental health concern to include being transgender.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Stone said the group understands there are uses for guns in hunting and self-defense, but assault rifles should not be in public spaces because they are intended to cause the most harm.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • Advertisement What weapons did China display at the parade?
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Venezuela's top brass pledged allegiance to Maduro, but there is likely to be burgeoning concern in the military ranks about the impact of Western sanctions and embargos, weapons pipelines and maintenance issues, Solar said.
    Ellie Cook John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artillery. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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