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Recent Examples of gunshot
Officers found Darnell Mooney, of Forest Park, suffering from a gunshot wound.
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David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
Eighty of those days were spent in agonizing pain from a gunshot wound.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Police found an adult man suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Officers arrived to find both boys suffering from gunshot wounds.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
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David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
Eighty of those days were spent in agonizing pain from a gunshot wound.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Police found an adult man suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Officers arrived to find both boys suffering from gunshot wounds.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunshot
Noun
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Many others show clear signs of precautions against the danger involved in missile production – buildings are surrounded by tall dirt and concrete berms, a safety measure against the risk of explosions.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Initial ground tests began in 2022, and flight trials are expected later in the decade, reflecting Seoul’s intent to field a regional deterrent amid North Korea’s missile advancements.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Not all scientists are convinced that the mysterious projectile came from space.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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In a 20-second black and white video of the strike posted to X, a small boat can be seen apparently sitting motionless on the water when a long thin projectile descends on it, triggering an explosion.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The container had 18 rifles, five handguns, firearms magazines, over 36,000 rounds of ammunition and a silencer that had been shipped from Miami.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Taiwan should deepen its reserves of ammunition, energy, and food to withstand a prolonged blockade—measured in months, not weeks.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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After the defeat, Barr co-founded the nonprofit Can’t Win Victory Fund to support other long-shot candidates and advocate against gerrymandering.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
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Antetokounmpo made seven of his final 10 shots for 19 points and dished out three more assists in the final quarter.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The breakthrough came when the researchers introduced a minute amount of ordinary salt at a critical stage in the process, which triggered the metal to wrap around the template instead of spreading out, enabling the formation of stable nanotube shells.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Taco Bell shook up its menu in 2014 with a waffle used as a taco shell to hold eggs, cheese and meat.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But the 18mm cartridge was capable of penetrating 55 layers of Kevlar at close range, and Harwood stood six feet away without any shield at all.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Russian 9x19mm 7N31 cartridge is specially engineered to defeat modern body armor while maintaining effectiveness against unarmored targets.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Marking his feature debut is Jaafar Jackson in the lead role as the pop music icon.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Far from contemporary pop, each note and lyric demands your full attention; the reward is transcendence, even as the material nudges you to annotate like a philosophy student with a highlighter in hand.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunshot. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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