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Recent Examples of gunner
Campbell, a reserve safety, has served as Miami’s top special teams performer for the past five seasons, holding the critical gunner role.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Cornerback Miles Battle, who just signed off the practice squad this week, certainly has the speed to contribute as a gunner.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Morrison, 100, played for the Badgers in the early 1940s before enlisting in the Air Force during World War II and becoming a B-17 bomber gunner.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
His original assignment was to be a replacement machine gunner, a job that was said to come with a 15-minute lifespan for the person filling it.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Cornerback Miles Battle, who just signed off the practice squad this week, certainly has the speed to contribute as a gunner.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Morrison, 100, played for the Badgers in the early 1940s before enlisting in the Air Force during World War II and becoming a B-17 bomber gunner.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
His original assignment was to be a replacement machine gunner, a job that was said to come with a 15-minute lifespan for the person filling it.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunner
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The film’s narrative kicks into gear when the legendary sun-shooting archer vanishes during a mission to rescue the dying sun, prompting Chang Er to embark on a perilous journey to the moon’s dark side alongside an earthbound bandit who crash-lands into her world.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026
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The archer is known to be a magical being that throws zingers, or in this case, spells, at those who frustrate their peace.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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After stepping away from agents, what appears to be a gun is visible in his waistband.—
Greg Wehner , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Agency personnel began firing about five seconds after the agent yelled about Pretti’s gun, the report notes.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Her father was the entrepreneur and sportsman Harry Payne Whitney; her mother was a Vanderbilt who had a career as a sculptor, winning large public commissions in the United States and Europe.—
Fiona Donovan,
Vanity Fair,
30 Dec. 2025
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The sportsman, who scooped the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing and bronze medal in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018, will be outfitted by K-Way in Aspen next January for the Winter X Games, the series of action sports events launched by ESPN Inc.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
15 Dec. 2025
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Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Both papers hurried to make the most of this dramatic event, no matter how little reporters actually knew about the identity of the gunman or his motives for shooting four people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The big animals were still swimming as night fell and the hunters returned home.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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These toxins are sourced from the gifbol — a plant that local hunters continue to use today for its potent lethal properties.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Marine Corps said Rubio was trained as an infantry rifleman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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Rubio joined the Marine Corps in January, trained as an infantry rifleman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
6 Dec. 2025
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Ephesus also includes the remains of the Temple of Artemis (or Diana) a huntress and goddess of fertility.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Located in a panoramic point of Villa d’Este, the Grotto of Diana, the goddess huntress symbolizing virtue, is a cruciform plan nymphaeum located in the Cardinal’s Walk and was built between 1570 and 1572 by Paolo Calandrino.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Gunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunner. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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