Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guns (for)
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The woman then runs down the road, and the man drives off.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026 -
After one player from each team was ejected for throwing punches, Helix rallied from three runs down to defeat Covina 14-7 on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Southern California Regional Division 3 playoffs.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 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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The deal, which was first announced last month, kills a ballot measure effort that could have cost San Diego $300 million by prohibiting the city from collecting anything for trash service during fiscal years 2028 and 2029.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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In 1995, Guidera landed the role of Robbie Llywelyn, the diabetic man that Natasha Henstridge’s Sil kills in Roger Donaldson’s Species.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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Republican challenger Steve Hilton trails Becerra by less than one percentage point as ballot counting continues.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Stock trails most peers If Viatris can deliver on its targets, its valuation has room to rise.—
Justin Zacks,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The system continuously tracks all 22 degrees of freedom of the human hand, covering the full range of joint movements that allow fingers and the palm to bend, rotate, and coordinate complex actions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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As of Wednesday morning, traders now see a 66% chance of at least one quarter-point rate hike by year-end, according to CME’s FedWatch tool, which tracks market expectations for rate decisions.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
10 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 13 Jun. 2026.
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