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Recent Examples of gunman
Another video proliferated across social media showed an RSF gunman shooting an unarmed man in civilian clothing with a machine gun dozens of times point-blank, causing his body to partially disintegrate.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
Or that physical force should only be used in self-defense, such as taking down a gunman at a political event.
—Adam Bai, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a gunman opened fire at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania during the college's homecoming weekend, according to officials.
—Alexandra Koch , Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
Or that physical force should only be used in self-defense, such as taking down a gunman at a political event.
—Adam Bai, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a gunman opened fire at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania during the college's homecoming weekend, according to officials.
—Alexandra Koch , Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunman
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But as Sollima noted to TIME, no perpetrator has been sentenced for all eight double homicides, and the initial suspects sent police in circles while the bodies kept piling up.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The perpetrator of the attack is also never identified, an ambiguity that screenwriter Noah Oppenheim (The Maze Runner, Jackie) said was intended to prevent any audience scapegoating.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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There are guns, horses, ghosts, a primal struggle for survival in hostile terrain, family feuds and a steadily intensifying sense of mortal threat, as Old Porch’s ambition and psychopathy escalate the drama.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Marty works his connections to learn that Frank won’t be charged for Arthur’s murder — the official verdict is that accidents happen when confused old men own guns.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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The government doesn't like to as a rule, like showcase of assassin artifacts.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Presidential assassins and all this dark stuff.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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The gunner’s heritage was 100 percent Ashkenazi Jewish.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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The gunner reps, the jammer reps.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Conversely, the percentage of respondents who think juvenile offenders should be treated like adults has fallen from 65% in 2000 to a record-low 41% this year, the report said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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East Lansing's ordinance states that anyone found in violation will be issued a $25 fine for first time offenders.—
Eric Guzmán,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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In other court cases, some civil and some criminal, involving a total of nearly 300 additional hectares near Vlora, Shehu and his family members are accused of grabbing property through similar forgeries.—
Lindita Cela,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The trio has a surprisingly good theory about the implosion of the makeshift Astral Pulse; seems like Shroud never found the original, and someone has been outfitting low-level criminals with bootlegs that are going awry like Robert’s.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Security analyst Nnamdi Obasi, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group think tank, explained that while extremist groups have wreaked havoc against both Christians and Muslims in the northeast of Nigeria, bandit groups have terrorized predominantly Muslim communities in the northwest.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The country has faced years of bloodshed from Boko Haram militants and armed bandits, whose motives are often linked more to territorial control and ransom than to religion.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Proctor is one of the perps in Plymouth, and a victim in Norfolk.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunman. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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