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Recent Examples of gunman
The image, set against the backdrop of the American flag, depicts a bearded man with his back turned as the gunman looms above him.
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Two people were hurt, one of them critically, when two Dallas police officers exchanged gunfire Monday night with a gunman, who was inside the bathroom of a Red Bird-area apartment, authorities said during a late-night news conference.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind.
—Michael R. Sisak, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind.
—Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Two people were hurt, one of them critically, when two Dallas police officers exchanged gunfire Monday night with a gunman, who was inside the bathroom of a Red Bird-area apartment, authorities said during a late-night news conference.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind.
—Michael R. Sisak, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind.
—Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunman
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The idea behind genetic genealogy is to take DNA from a crime scene and enter it into a publicly accessible genealogy DNA database in hopes of finding a close enough match to relatives of the unknown perpetrator.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Two chairs were found propped up by the window, mirroring how they had been placed outside Elizabeth’s home — a detail only the perpetrator would have known, as police had not released that information to the public, according to the documentary.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Law enforcement seized one gun during the arrests, and no search warrants were executed.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Investigators didn't find the parents' DNA on the gun after getting a court order to collect DNA samples from them, the sheriff's office said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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One week later, on May 15, assassins forced Valdez, 50, from his car at midday and shot him at least a dozen times in downtown Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Duterte's threat in an online news conference in November 2024 to have the president, his wife and House of Representatives speaker killed by an assassin if she were killed amid their disputes was also cited in the one of the impeachment complaints.—
JIM GOMEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 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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Imagine how Trump’s words affected the mother of Danish machine-gunner Sophia Bruun, killed in action in 2010 at the age of 22, who fought alongside British army troops in the battlefront province of Helmand.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The committee voted to fully fund payments to jails, which have housed some offenders as a backup, and for medical payments.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2026
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An Illinois man faces child pornography charges in Waukesha County under a new Wisconsin law that aims to punish offenders who use artificial intelligence to generate explicit images.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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There’s no word on ICE having a special decoder ring that tracks only the criminals.—
Tressie McMillan Cottom,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Houser said that because the majority of Americans support removing serious criminals, the White House muddies the waters in an effort to maintain support for mass deportations.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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The authentic Denver and Rio Grande train that has operated at Knott’s since 1952 boasts the highest crime rate in all of Orange County with the notorious Ghost Town bandits robbing every departure from the Calico Square depot.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Whiskey Row celebrates Prescott's Old West history, with saloons once occupied by outlaws and bandits.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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Damien orders — which also happens to be the title of de Araújo’s autobiographical segment for The Moth — before dashing after the perp.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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In October, Bitcoin suffered a flash crash, largely due to highly leveraged positions on perps, causing its price to dip below $85,000 and billions of dollars in losses.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunman. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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