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Recent Examples of gunshot
Police said four shots rang out, leaving Salazar mortally injured, and his brother and another man suffering from gunshot wounds.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Pretti is on his hands and knees with at least eight officers surrounding him when a gunshot is heard.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
Minneapolis police received a report of a shooting just before 9 a.m. and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, O’Hara said.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
Deputies arrived at the couple’s home in the 2000 block of Cox Lane in Palermo and found Carlos Castaneda with three gunshot wounds to the torso.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Pretti is on his hands and knees with at least eight officers surrounding him when a gunshot is heard.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
Minneapolis police received a report of a shooting just before 9 a.m. and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, O’Hara said.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
Deputies arrived at the couple’s home in the 2000 block of Cox Lane in Palermo and found Carlos Castaneda with three gunshot wounds to the torso.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunshot
Noun
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The base holds the Khorramshahr missile, which has a range of more than 1,250 miles and was launched towards Israel during the war last year.—
JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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The delegations gathered on Wednesday as Ukraine reeled from a major Russian drone and missile bombardment on Monday night, which Ukrainian officials said caused serious damage to the country's energy grid.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Earlier this month, Homeland Security officers blinded two protesters by shooting a less-lethal projectile at close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The video also shows the projectile appearing to hit the mayor's SUV before quickly driving away, as smoke lingers on the rear end of the car.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Each system can fire for only about 30 seconds before running out of ammunition at its lower firing rate.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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Russia even built an ammunition plant in Venezuela to produce cartridges for Kalashnikov rifles.—
Juan Pablo Spinetto,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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Jensen will get to learn from Perez and won’t have to shoulder the entire catching load.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
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Over time, those items take up space, demand storage, and add mental load.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
4 Feb. 2026
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See her shots from the 150th Westminster Dog Show right here.—
Poupay Jutharat,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the strong winds, a bitter shot of arctic air will invade the area.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Her image as an onstage bad girl was weaponized against her, with fans threatening her life at concerts, leaving at one point shotgun shells on the stage during Hole performances, referring to the manner of Cobain’s death.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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Raw shell eggs were improperly stored above the vegetables.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Fifteen ejected cartridge casings were left in the street when, prosecutors argue, Bell-Johnson stopped his fusillade.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated February 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Feb. 2026
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His 134 men were armed with musket, cartridge pouch, and sword in case of a hostile encounter, and the Africaansche Galey lay close by with a couple of small cannon brought forward on the bow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Cyrus's fiancé, Maxx Morando, who walked the carpet with the pop star, was slightly more casual.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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But the Icelandic jazz-pop hybrid had more on her mind than just celebrating.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunshot. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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