gunshot

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Recent Examples of gunshot Officers found Darnell Mooney, of Forest Park, suffering from a gunshot wound. 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 See All Example Sentences for gunshot
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Not all scientists are convinced that the mysterious projectile came from space.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Kyiv has persistently targeted various types of sites linked to Moscow's military industry, from fuel depots to refineries funding its war effort to chemical factories grinding out supplies for ammunition.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The case was upended by revelations that ammunition related to Hutchins shooting was brought into the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office before the trial began.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Marking his feature debut is Jaafar Jackson in the lead role as the pop music icon.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • 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 19 Nov. 2025.

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