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as in gun
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Recent Examples of gunman
On July 18, 2014, Markel had just arrived at his Tallahassee home when a gunman shot him twice in the head and fled.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Last month, a lone gunman allegedly shot and killed right-wing speaker Charlie Kirk at an event at a Utah college.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The man eventually named as the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, was shot to death by strip club owner Jack Ruby.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Doyle was riding in a BMW being driven by Gary Hutch—a nephew of the Hutch gang’s patriarch, Gerry—when a gunman fired several shots into the car, causing a crash.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Last month, a lone gunman allegedly shot and killed right-wing speaker Charlie Kirk at an event at a Utah college.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The man eventually named as the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, was shot to death by strip club owner Jack Ruby.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Doyle was riding in a BMW being driven by Gary Hutch—a nephew of the Hutch gang’s patriarch, Gerry—when a gunman fired several shots into the car, causing a crash.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 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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Wuornos pawned Carskaddon's gun, per court records reviewed by PEOPLE.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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In a 2024 Rolling Stone profile, the country-rock singer repeatedlyfired off the N-word and brandished a gun.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
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Up until then, slashers were silent assassins or a breather.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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Well, that, and the small matter of a conspiracy involving the Ministry of Defense, a neighboring assassin, and a young girl who may or may not be dead.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 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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While undergoing the months-long program, offenders participate in half-day programming and half-day work, school, or vocational activities.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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The danger of restoring offenders has played out in less formal ways.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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To suggest that another candidate’s supporters are criminals — particularly when that candidate is, by all measures, poised to win at least a plurality of votes in the city — does not seem like a recipe for earning New Yorkers’ support.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Binance also lacked protocols — standard for financial services companies — to report transactions for money laundering risks, according to the Justice Department, and employees were well aware that such an oversight would invite criminals to the platform.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after the museum opened on Sunday morning, two bandits used a lift on a truck to break into its Galerie d'Apollon, which houses the French crown jewels and other treasures, through a second-floor window.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 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 5 Nov. 2025.
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