gunman

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Recent Examples of gunman On January 8, 1995, several gunmen raided Apata’s home and fatally shot him in front of his family. Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2025 From here, Peter and Rose separately manage to keep themselves alive, each running from gunmen. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025 The gunman, 17-year-old Solomon Henderson, used a handgun to open fire at Antioch High School just after 11 a.m. CT, police said. Doha Madani, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025 Earlier this month, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on motorists there, killing three Israelis, including two women in their 70s. Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for gunman 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunman
Noun
  • Authorities did not explicitly identify who pulled the trigger but said the pair practiced firing Scott's gun before the murder.
    Stephen Smith, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Police said the suspect fired a gun and officers were returning fire when the suspect was shot by an officer.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Unsurprisingly, the government pointed to leftists as the assassins.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Trump had nearly been killed by an assassin’s bullet at a Pennsylvania rally, an act that hit close to home for Kennedy, whose father was assassinated on the Presidential campaign trail.
    Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That energy doesn’t just translate on the offensive side of the ball for Shi, who is far from a one-dimensional gunner.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Nike's gunner, a middle-aged man who identifies himself as Yurii, call sign Psycho, showed NPR the shells — each as long as a human hand — chained together so they can be fed quickly into the cannon.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Every day Americans are safer because of the violent criminals that President Trump's administration is removing from our communities.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Trump’s false claims about other countries emptying their jails of violent criminals to prey on Americans have been fact-checked and denied.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This location can be found north of Tachov in the forests beside a bandit camp.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The bandit wheeled and snarled at Herod, exposing his rotting front teeth.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, a small spatter of blood on the outside of the box could potentially be the perp’s.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Now, when someone tries to unlock your phone, Bitdefender will silently send you a picture of the perp.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Pardoning violent felons who harmed police officers sends a dangerous message: Commit crimes for Trump, and there will be no consequences.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Our government pardoned and released back on the streets hundreds of violent criminals and felons who took part in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Within the space of the Factory, artist and outlaw have come to mirror each other.
    Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
  • As the ostensible villain of Delmer Daves’s western classic, the outlaw Ben Wade who is being guarded and brought to justice by civilian rancher Dan Evans (Oscar-winner Van Heflin), Ford keeps peeling back layers of humanity, even as the two men enact a tense cat-and-mouse game.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunman. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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