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 logic runs down the rest of the stack too, to the companies that supply the chips, the networking, and the electricity, the layers that get paid first when capacity is the thing in short supply.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
With these two nations, expect a physical, fiery battle packed with relentless runs down both wings.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026

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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
And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 June 2026

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Thicker components typically mean massive internal resistance, which kills electrical current.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
In contrast, spraying visible ants often kills only a small portion of the colony while leaving the nest intact, with millions of workers ready to replace the small population killed by a contact spray.

— The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

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Kylian Mbappé trails Lionel Messi of Argentina by just one goal in the Golden Boot race, but his Les Bleus now face their toughest test of the tournament.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 July 2026
The affected area runs approximately 2 miles northwest of Boise and includes the Hulls Gulch trails, according to the Bureau of Land Management.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2026

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For example, the Invesco QQQ Trust Series, better known by its ticker QQQ, tracks the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index and has $482 billion in assets.

— Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 5 July 2026
The same simulation also tracks how often each team reaches each stage of the bracket, including the quarterfinals, semifinals, final, third-place match, runner-up finish, and championship.

— Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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