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Recent Examples of assault weapon
Hosny was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit, possession of a high-capacity magazine, possession of a firearm without a serial number and possession of an assault weapon.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The Protect Illinois Communities Act prohibits the sale, manufacture, possession and purchase of assault-style weapons, assault weapon attachments and .50-caliber cartridges.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
He was booked on charges including possession of an assault weapon, manufacturing guns with a 3D printer and possession of a silencer, according to police.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Diaz’s associates reportedly then took the weapons, including assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and sold them throughout Connecticut.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The Protect Illinois Communities Act prohibits the sale, manufacture, possession and purchase of assault-style weapons, assault weapon attachments and .50-caliber cartridges.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
He was booked on charges including possession of an assault weapon, manufacturing guns with a 3D printer and possession of a silencer, according to police.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Diaz’s associates reportedly then took the weapons, including assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and sold them throughout Connecticut.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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Ronald McDonald pulling on a Marlboro Red, an assault rifle slung across his back while on break from operating the Happy Meal command center/ball pit?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
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Officers carrying assault rifles can be seen along the edge of a crowd of students evacuated from a building on campus.—
Graham Hurley, Aaron Fisher and Katherine Jennings,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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Later, rare earths were used as an alloy in ammunition for machine guns.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
9 May 2025
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He has been indicted in the Southern District of New York on multiple charges, including racketeering conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and possession of machine guns.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 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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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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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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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20weapon. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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