Thesaurus results for GUNS (FOR)

guns (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of gun (for)

as in runs down

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The Reds rallied from three runs down in the eighth inning after White Sox starter Sean Burke allowed only one run on three hits in seven innings.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Blood runs down Zack’s chin before his parents swear to tell the truth.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

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What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026
The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.

— Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

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For any Iranian woman who captures or kills an American service member, Hatami said the reward would be doubled.

— August 17, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
This movie is based around the multiverse, which is a concept of Doomsday, of course, but this could confirm some rumors that Doom kills Tobey Maguire’s Spidey in the Raimi universe – or that Tom Holland is showing up in some capacity.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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Revuluri trails with $216,000 on-hand, followed by Biggs and Custer with $121,000 and $23,000, respectively.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Although that grade trails many Australian deposits, the mine remains one of China’s most strategically important mineral assets because of its unique mix of critical minerals.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of trails

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Leisure reading on screens barely tracks with comprehension; books still hold the real edge.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
As of Friday afternoon, Broward had the lowest turnout so far of all 67 Florida counties, according to a website that tracks turnout everywhere using the counties’ own reporting totals.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026

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