Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun (for)
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Less than 10 minutes later, that same fan is running down the street with others, shrieking and holding up their photos and signed papers in triumph.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Izzy Rodriguez made one of her patented overlapping runs down the left-hand side of the field and then played a perfect cross into the middle.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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The day the truce was announced, Israel pounded Beirut with airstrikes, killing more than 300 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Several bills to increase restrictions have already been killed this legislative session, with a single measure to digitize reports still alive.—
Thomas Heaton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Their frustration was a reminder of the anger that has coursed through modern American politics and now appears to be simmering within a new generation ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The company is slashing prices to course correct, but its efforts may be too little too late.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Vanderbilt, who played just five minutes and missed three consecutive free throws to end an otherwise competitive first quarter (the Lakers trailed 34-27), didn’t play the rest of the game.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
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Boston trailed Charlotte by as many as 11 points Tuesday night at TD Garden before rallying to win 113-102 in a possible first-round playoff preview.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The bankruptcy court has approved $10 million to pursue legal claims against former Prospect principals, with Leonard Green and Prospect’s former top executives, Lee and Topper, as the big targets.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The other weighs the pros and cons of pursuing a technical or managerial career path.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Apr. 2026
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Their brutal approach to tracking down entertainers has earned them a litany of enemies.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Asia-Pacific markets tracked Wall Street, opening higher on Wednesday.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Gun (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun%20%28for%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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