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Recent Examples of gunshot
Upon arrival, officers located a person with a single gunshot wound.
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Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Deputies found a 36-year-old man with gunshot wounds dead inside the residence, according to Capt.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
Two people sustained gunshot wounds Friday in an incident on the West Side of Aurora, according to the Aurora Police Department.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
The staff did their best to treat all sorts of conditions: infections, heart attacks, diarrhea, gunshot wounds, shrapnel injuries.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
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Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Deputies found a 36-year-old man with gunshot wounds dead inside the residence, according to Capt.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
Two people sustained gunshot wounds Friday in an incident on the West Side of Aurora, according to the Aurora Police Department.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
The staff did their best to treat all sorts of conditions: infections, heart attacks, diarrhea, gunshot wounds, shrapnel injuries.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunshot
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Large swaths of southern Lebanon and northern Israel emptied out, as missiles and rockets fell nearly every day for almost fourteen months.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Federal prosecutors say the aircraft were outside Cuban territorial airspace when they were destroyed by air-to-air missiles fired from Cuban MiGs.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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No injuries were reported, and authorities are investigating the source of the projectile, according to the British military.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that the cargo ship was hit by an unknown projectile.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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While executing a search warrant at the residence on the 3500 block of Orr Buyck Road, investigators seized several firearms as well as ammunition, according to the sheriff's office.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Using live ammunition, soldiers forced their way through crowds that tried to block them from reaching the square.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Levi’s went on a prolific streak of collaborations by releasing three collections with Nike and Jordan Brand from last July through January, and during that time and onward denim has been popping up on loads more in-line releases under the Nike umbrella.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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The company’s earlier Flex 1 model already demonstrated strong hardware performance with 25 degrees of freedom, a 380-gram weight, 66 pounds (30 kilograms) load capacity, and 20-newton fingertip force.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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Little happens other than chain-smoking, costume changes and interminable shots of color-shifting strobe lighting splaying across the cast’s cheekbones.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Garcia is opening his car door at that very moment, and fires nine shots at Denis with his 9 mm Glock pistol as Denis speeds toward and past him.—
Ella Moore,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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Yet scientists realized that something has been dissolving those calcite shells and releasing carbon dioxide, reducing the ocean’s carbon-trapping capacity.—
Damien Pine,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Franchini and Giovagnoli soon expanded their offering with pearls, shells, glass beads and polished hard stones, elevating the perception of the label.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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An investigation is underway after officials at Roseville High School say a student found a cartridge case.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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This generally means muzzleloaders that use black powder or a black powder substitute, though some early cartridge guns are included.—
Allen G. Breed,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The slugs even seemed to like them.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 May 2026
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However, borax will not work on pests that aren't interested in eating it, such as termites, bed bugs, mosquitoes, flying insects above ground level, or any number of other outdoor pests, such as slugs and snails.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
17 May 2026
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunshot. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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