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Recent Examples of derringer
This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
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Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
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Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.
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Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Police found a silver derringer-style gun in his backpack at the time of his arrest.
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oregonlive,
21 June 2022
There's also a replica of the derringer pistol John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Lincoln.
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Ariana Garcia,
Chron,
13 May 2022
Wagrowski also testified that police found two guns -- a .22-caliber Kel-tec and a small derringer -- at the Crumbley home, aside from the one allegedly used in the shooting.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2022
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
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Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.
—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Police found a silver derringer-style gun in his backpack at the time of his arrest.
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oregonlive,
21 June 2022
There's also a replica of the derringer pistol John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Lincoln.
—
Ariana Garcia,
Chron,
13 May 2022
Wagrowski also testified that police found two guns -- a .22-caliber Kel-tec and a small derringer -- at the Crumbley home, aside from the one allegedly used in the shooting.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derringer
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Philippine National Police spokesperson Allen Rae Co said the revolver is registered to a security agency based in Cebu City in the central Philippines, the Reuters news agency reports.
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At its core is the 30mmx173 KCE revolver cannon, which has an effective range of up to 3,000 meters.
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The seizures added up to about 420 grams of cocaine, $2,291 in cash, a rifle, four pistols, various magazines and ammunition, and digital scales and packaging materials believed to be used in narcotics distribution, the sheriff's office said.
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At one point, the Challenger’s passenger threw an AR-style pistol out the window.
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Zajko was arrested alongside LaSota and another person and charged with trespassing, resisting or interfering with an arrest, obstruction and carrying a handgun.
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Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
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Where to watch Django Unchained: Paramount+ The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood made his mark wielding a six-shooter and wearing a Stetson.
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As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
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The Indians scored their would-be final goal in the third on a shot from Emery Simmons on a sidearm shot past Bishops’ midfielder Izzy Grundig.
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Perhaps Edwards will have his sidearm in tow for next year’s playoff run.
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During that encounter, the officer discharged their firearm, striking the subject.
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By deed restriction, the forest is a game preserve and no firearms are allowed, according to DEEP.
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Police said Houston entered his ex-girlfriend’s home and drew a gun.
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In addition to the hundreds of pounds of meth, investigators also found $3,200 of cash, a money counter, a digital scale and multiple guns.
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“Derringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derringer. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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