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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-fives
Noun
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Sort of small arms warfare, where they were harassed for months in one of these sad situations where the cops wouldn’t intervene.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026 -
The Russia-Ukraine War began as a fairly standard 21st-century conventional war, marked by huge armored columns trying to take key cities and military installations, air assaults, close air support, and small arms gunbattles.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The 29-year-old has the character’s famous shorts, shades and dual pistols at the ready.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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Authorities recovered two pistols in his possession, Flores said.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Officers in a helicopter located the car at an undisclosed location in South San Jose and with guns deployed, pulled over the driver and arrested him there.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Across California, and the nation, citizens and noncitizens alike have reported being beaten and harassed, having guns pointed at them without provocation and being detained without basic rights for days.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The container had 18 rifles, five handguns, firearms magazines, over 36,000 rounds of ammunition and a silencer that had been shipped from Miami.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Forty-fives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forty-fives. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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