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Recent Examples of handgun
The victim was struck in the head with a handgun, and then one round was fired that struck him in the chest.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
At one point, Waugh returned to the room, grabbed a homemade handgun and returned to the fracas.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2026
Two college students, one from Elgin and the other from Merrillville, Indiana, have been arrested by Naperville police for allegedly having a loaded handgun and 39 bags of cannabis in their dorm room, officials said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
Trooper Joseph Ward was charged and arraigned with assault and battery on a family/household member, assault with a dangerous weapon (two counts, one with a handgun and the other with a knife), kidnapping, and intimidation, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
At one point, Waugh returned to the room, grabbed a homemade handgun and returned to the fracas.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2026
Two college students, one from Elgin and the other from Merrillville, Indiana, have been arrested by Naperville police for allegedly having a loaded handgun and 39 bags of cannabis in their dorm room, officials said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2026
Trooper Joseph Ward was charged and arraigned with assault and battery on a family/household member, assault with a dangerous weapon (two counts, one with a handgun and the other with a knife), kidnapping, and intimidation, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
Noun
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Police also found a 9-mm Mossberg semi-automatic pistol and Remington shotgun elsewhere in the house.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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After obtaining a search warrant for the home, authorities recovered a pistol in the living room next to Battle’s purse and a bullet casing that matched the gun’s caliber in the hallway.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Jackson was charged with a felony for simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm and felony drug possession.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Federal agents in tactical gear, carrying firearms, moved in on the park, walking in a straight line, side by side, some on horseback, as news helicopters hovered above and nearby demonstrators jeered at them.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The parents of a 16-year-old boy who wounded two students at a Colorado high school with an old revolver his family said was kept in a locked gun safe won't be charged with any crimes, authorities said Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ritchie says the killer, who didn’t steal money or any garage sale items, chose a revolver so no casings would be left behind.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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Law enforcement seized one gun during the arrests, and no search warrants were executed.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Investigators didn't find the parents' DNA on the gun after getting a court order to collect DNA samples from them, the sheriff's office said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 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
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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
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Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.—
John O’Connor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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