Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guns (for)
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The hotel's Ajax Tavern, directly facing the mountain, has indoor and outdoor seating and is a great spot for a drink or hot bowl of soup (or, why not, a Wagyu cheeseburger with truffle fries) while watching people make their final runs down at the end of the day.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026 -
West then runs down the alley and can be seen leaving the gun in bushes at 6770 Collins Avenue.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
10 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
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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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Originally, Shorty was out in the front yard for the very final moment, and the runaway rollercoaster from the beginning crashes into him and kills him.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
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That extra molecule, according to the Cleveland Clinic, kills bacteria and removes stains.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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SpaceX still trails Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, which has a market cap of nearly $5 trillion, as well as a handful of other tech companies.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Henderson trails Boog Powell (127), Manny Machado (121) and Eddie Murray (111).—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Every Friday morning, the weekly Fortune 500 Power Moves column tracks Fortune 500 company C-suite shifts—see the most recent edition.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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Foreign language programs and a portal that tracks foreign gifts to universities have gone to the State Department.—
Alia Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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“Guns (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guns%20%28for%29. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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