Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guns (for)
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In banked slalom, athletes get two individual runs down the course with their best time counting toward the final ranking.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026 -
The Aztecs would go on a couple of runs down the stretch, including a 7-0 run within just seven seconds to narrow the Broncos’ lead to 60-49.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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But Open, Heaven also courses with youth’s great agony, the cruelty that learning to love should be inexorably followed by learning to grieve its undoing.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Such is the power of cachaça, the essential and irresistible Brazilian sugar cane spirit that courses through each round of tropical cocktails passed across the bar.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Nothing kills a trip faster than showing up to a locked gate with a camera in hand.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the game, when a player kills multiple opponents without also dying, they are rewarded with the ability to conduct a missile strike to exterminate an opposing team.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This year, Buffett trails Elon Musk ($839B), Larry Page ($257B), Sergey Brin ($237B), Jeff Bezos ($224B), Mark Zuckerberg ($222B), Larry Ellison ($190B), Bernard Arnault & family ($171B), and Jensen Huang ($154B).—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota's 20 first-period goals this season trails only the 21 of Ottawa.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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In talks with the A’s, Pete Alonso could be a reasonable comparison, according to The Athletic’s Tim Britton, who tracks player contracts.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Federal Reserve tracks the Personal Consumption Expenditures price indexes for its 2% inflation target and is expected to keep interest rates unchanged next week.—
Reuters
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Guns (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guns%20%28for%29. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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