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Recent Examples of handgun
Snowling carried a revolver in his right hand and a semiautomatic handgun in his left.
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Iza sat behind a desk with a black handgun in front of him and an AR-15 nearby.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
The weapons experts suggested a semiautomatic Beretta 92F handgun that could fire up to 15 rounds nonstop, though the tempo wasn’t fast enough.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Authorities found a handgun wrapped in a towel inside his car, investigators said, along with $3,000 cash.
—Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Iza sat behind a desk with a black handgun in front of him and an AR-15 nearby.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
The weapons experts suggested a semiautomatic Beretta 92F handgun that could fire up to 15 rounds nonstop, though the tempo wasn’t fast enough.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Authorities found a handgun wrapped in a towel inside his car, investigators said, along with $3,000 cash.
—Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
Noun
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The weapon charge was dismissed in exchange for forfeiting the pistol.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the film, the pistol feels like both an inheritance from the father and a symbol of spirit.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement What the Supreme Court is considering At issue before the Supreme Court is whether the federal statute barring gun ownership for unlawful drug users is similar enough to other historical restrictions on firearm possession.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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Police officers swarmed a 16-year-old high school student last week after an artificial intelligence (AI) gun detection system mistakenly flagged his bag of chips as a firearm, leaving officials and students shaken.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Deputies promptly located a revolver, per the Grimes County sheriff's office.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Snowling carried a revolver in his right hand and a semiautomatic handgun in his left.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Joel’s skepticism about the note—questioning whether his father even owned a gun—sets him on a path of investigation that gradually unravels the dark secrets of the Lazarus family.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The organization works to support families affected by racial and gun violence while also pushing for changes to policies like Stand Your Ground laws.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Noun
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Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
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Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The arm of prospect Patrick Mahomes popped off the film, through a deep shot that traveled 60 yards in the air or what seemed like an effortless sidearm flick.—
Sam McDowell
October 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Less sidearm; more facing bowlers.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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