gunshot

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Recent Examples of gunshot There, officers found a man inside a home suffering from gunshot wounds. Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026 The Sunday morning death of a gunshot victim at a University City hospital is being investigated as a homicide, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Mark Price may 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2026 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police subsequently responded to Methodist Hospital after receiving a report that two additional people had walked in with gunshot wounds. Francie Ebert, NBC news, 3 May 2026 At least 10 other people sustained injuries, including gunshot wounds. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gunshot
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Noun
  • Thirty-two ships have been hit with missiles since the beginning of the war, resulting in 10 deaths and at least a dozen injuries, according to the International Maritime Organization, or IMO.
    Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
  • Tuesday night's attacks followed a major Russian missile and drone attack on several Ukrainian cities earlier in the day, in which officials said at least 28 people were killed.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Investigators quickly identified a local high school student as the suspect and recovered an Orbeez-style gel projectile gun believed to have been used in the incident.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired on a tanker Saturday and an unknown projectile hit a container ship, according to incident reports from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in a series of scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided relentless political ammunition to his rivals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided political ammunition to his rivals.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For a while, we’re cheered at the prospect that Karl Urban might lighten the movie’s load with his meta ironic balsa-wood Don Johnson presence.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 May 2026
  • Since 2023, McLane routes using this technology logged 280,000 autonomous miles in Texas, covering 1,400 loads delivered to restaurants.
    Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Brolley put away a bunch of shots Tuesday, scoring three goals and adding an assist for the visiting Panthers in an 8-0 Southwest Prairie Conference victory over Bolingbrook.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The Pistons punched back with a 20-5 run as the Magic at one point missed 13 straight shots from the floor.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Specifically, carapaces spelling out 8647, which is either shell-speak for evil intent or a bartender telling Patel to 86 his personal booze and buy a drink already.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • The three shell eggs with broken shells in the reach-in cooler?
    David J. Neal May 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • No one wanted these little mints that came out of a plastic cartridge.
    Luke Burbank, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The cartridge was still in the weapon.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Toads help control snails, slugs, caterpillars, and other invertebrates—pests that have the potential to harm your garden plants, says Amarello.
    Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 May 2026
  • Similarly, slugs and snails are less likely to travel across jagged surfaces, which can make pine cones a helpful barrier around vulnerable plants like lettuce or hostas.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 6 May 2026

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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunshot. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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