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Recent Examples of handgun
Investigators say Archaga-Elvir, wearing a black ski mask and armed with a handgun, allegedly chased the teen on foot before opening fire.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Then the man with the handgun shot him in the neck.
—Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Detectives say that surveillance video shows Doss digging in his shorts pockets and later pulling a handgun before deputies arrived.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
Authorities said the suspect was transported to the Central Booking Intake Facility and charged with first- and second-degree murder, assault and handgun violations.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Then the man with the handgun shot him in the neck.
—Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Detectives say that surveillance video shows Doss digging in his shorts pockets and later pulling a handgun before deputies arrived.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
Authorities said the suspect was transported to the Central Booking Intake Facility and charged with first- and second-degree murder, assault and handgun violations.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
Noun
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Rather than leave, Waugh reportedly returned to his motel room and retrieved a homemade semi-automatic pistol.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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Halim and Aziz, according to prosecutors, had quickly followed suit, shooting Malcolm X with pistols.—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Harris did not end up buying the firearm, but, six days later, a gun of the same calibre was used to kill Garrison.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Spanberger signed a series of gun control bills on Friday, including legislation regulating firearm manufacturers’ liability, ghost guns, and partners of individuals charged with misdemeanor domestic violence.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gutierrez Reed was convicted of loading a live round into a revolver, which Baldwin fired, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Police said the caller identified the individual as Muse and said he was armed with a revolver.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An emotional reunion for a suburban family who lost a loved one to gun violence.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Before his death, Mikhail had told sheriff’s deputies that he had been jumped in September by eight gun-wielding individuals, including Elijah, at the YMCA basketball courts near Oak Ridge High School.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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And a sidearm lefty against [Smith] isn’t ideal either.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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