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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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According to investigators, Ghazali was also armed with a rifle and killed himself after exchanging gunfire with the synagogue's security guards.—
Jonah Kaplan,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Ghazali, armed with a rifle, allegedly rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel, one of the nation’s largest Reform Jewish synagogues.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some hockey Warbucks is going to pull up to Carle’s house in a Brink’s truck soon and dare him to ride shotgun.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Prince would ride shotgun in Reese’s truck all day, Brandon said.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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He was killed during the French siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War on June 25, 1673, after being struck in the throat by a musket ball.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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D’Artagnan was killed by a musket ball to the throat in the siege of Maastricht in 1673, and excavators believe that a skeleton found in the city was his.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Cubans have now been treated to the surreal sight of the island’s most famous living musician, Silvio Rodriguez, receiving a machine gun alongside the Cuban president and top military officials.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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The charges were trafficking in firearms, possession of a machine gun and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime.—
Ryan Oehrli
March 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 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 4 Apr. 2026.
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