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Recent Examples of gunman
On Tuesday, Turkish police stopped an armed attack near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul in which one gunman was killed and two injured during a shoot-out with police.
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Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Kaori was sitting in her stroller on April 1 when a gunman riding on the back of a moped opened fire on her family at the corner of Humboldt and Moore Sts.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Spanning several decades, the film tracks Frank's evolution from truck driver to trusted gunman for crime boss Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and bodyguard for the infamous Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino).
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Among her guests: former CNN colleague Don Lemon; Everclear frontman Art Alexakis; Judge Esther Salas, the federal judge whose only child was killed in a targeted attack; and Gabby Giffords, the former U.S. representative from Arizona who was seriously wounded by a gunman in 2011.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
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Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Kaori was sitting in her stroller on April 1 when a gunman riding on the back of a moped opened fire on her family at the corner of Humboldt and Moore Sts.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Spanning several decades, the film tracks Frank's evolution from truck driver to trusted gunman for crime boss Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and bodyguard for the infamous Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino).
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Among her guests: former CNN colleague Don Lemon; Everclear frontman Art Alexakis; Judge Esther Salas, the federal judge whose only child was killed in a targeted attack; and Gabby Giffords, the former U.S. representative from Arizona who was seriously wounded by a gunman in 2011.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunman
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Colman Domingo put his considerable fashion bona fides into a sketch on last night’s Saturday Night Live about FIT students trying to describe the perpetrator of an armed robbery.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
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One officer discharged his firearm, striking the perpetrator twice.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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An emotional reunion for a suburban family who lost a loved one to gun violence.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Before his death, Mikhail had told sheriff’s deputies that he had been jumped in September by eight gun-wielding individuals, including Elijah, at the YMCA basketball courts near Oak Ridge High School.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Their efforts lead them in the season’s last two episodes to Paris, where Frank was planning to celebrate his 80th birthday with his children — only for him to be gunned down in a hotel lobby by an assassin who had been sent to kill Teddy for a deal gone wrong.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Neither of these two is necessarily a lip-sync assassin.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2026
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Robert Edwin Kline was a 22-year-old gunner's mate second class when he was killed on the Arizona.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Netherlands Ministry of Defense Last year, Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandria finished 15-months of service as a gunner in an engineering battalion.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Preliminary investigation indicated that an unknown offender pulled out a gun and shot into a crowd of people who were standing outside, hitting three of them.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Surprisingly, the worst offenders are often the most traveled.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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The scheme is designed to identify suspected criminals, combat identity fraud, and to police the EU's limit on 90-day stays within a 180-day period, according to the European Commission.—
Emma Clarke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Apr. 2026
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Rex Heuermann, the man known as the Gilgo Beach killer, admitted to killing eight women over a span of decades, and the FBI is now looking into what motivated the 62-year-old to carry out his crimes to help capture other criminals in the future.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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An unusual theft at a Pennsylvania Wawa has police going bananas for a pair of potassium bandits.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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Set against mountainous landscapes and rural lakes, the story follows a wandering swordsman who is falsely accused of stealing a shipment of gold and must unravel a web of intrigue involving bandits, palace guards and corrupt officials while attempting to clear his name.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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There are further surprises when Mason’s camera at last faces that perp, serving a life sentence in prison.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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But Seiler, the CEO of STS Digital, believes there’s a downside to the expansion of perps, which let traders magnify their gains or losses.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunman. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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