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Recent Examples of carbine
Elam has been researching the Pusser case for decades, and has provided information to the TBI, including a 2023 lead on a carbine that may have belonged to Pusser.
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Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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
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
This futuristic-looking, semiautomatic pistol calibre carbine required no regulated components and was fully DIY.
—Rajan Basra, WIRED, 5 July 2024
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Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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
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
This futuristic-looking, semiautomatic pistol calibre carbine required no regulated components and was fully DIY.
—Rajan Basra, WIRED, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbine
Noun
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Even scenes of relaxed social or domestic activity, including one of a wedding where guests join in a collective rifle salute, are a reminder that few facets of American life are free from political influence and implication.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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Morales, wearing camouflage and armed with a long rifle, then escaped the home through a window, authorities said, per the Visalia Times-Delta.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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And a Benelli shotgun for Guinness stout.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Ikner then uploaded a photo of 12-gauge shotgun shells.—
Jeff Burlew,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Below, the Indians attacked the two men with musket fire and arrows.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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The cannonball joins over 250,000 artifacts found at the site, the expert added, which mostly include ceramic pieces, musket balls, adobe floor fragments and glass bottles.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The city’s ongoing lawsuit points to the proliferation of machine gun conversion devices used on semiautomatic pistols.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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That, and a large machine gun resting on the crisp white tablecloth, helped their spot on the show floor stand out somewhat in the sea of sellers trying to draw curious eyes.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This tank is potentially equipped with a 130mm smoothbore gun.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
28 Jan. 2026
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The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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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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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“Carbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbine. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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