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Recent Examples of handgun
The relative saw Turner begin to walk away from London, but London pulled out a handgun and shot Turner in the back.
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Two guards got out of the vehicle and one fired three rounds from a handgun into the man's engine.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 10 Jan. 2026
Investigators later linked the handgun to shell casings at the scene, the affidavit said.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
Officers found the handgun where the woman said it was hidden in the home.
—Kendrick Calfee
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Two guards got out of the vehicle and one fired three rounds from a handgun into the man's engine.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 10 Jan. 2026
Investigators later linked the handgun to shell casings at the scene, the affidavit said.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
Officers found the handgun where the woman said it was hidden in the home.
—Kendrick Calfee
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
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Investigators also found eight 9 mm casings fired from a Glock pistol at the scene where Holmes was killed, according to the affidavit.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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At issue is whether the police search of Mangione's backpack was legal as officers went on to find a pistol, silencer and notebook inside.—
Christina Fan,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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He will be booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail and faces two counts of homicide, one count of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, officials said.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The operation led by the District of Massachusetts targeting machine gun conversion device vendors has led to the seizure of about 360 internet domains and more than 3,000 devices, 282 firearms, 124 silencers, more than 12,000 rounds ammunition and about 125 investigative referrals.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Garcia yelled gang slogans and fired the revolver, shooting one of the men in his face and left arm, the release said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The gun charges stemmed from Hunter Biden’s 2018 purchase of a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
15 Dec. 2025
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Families gather at memorial garden On Wednesday, parents gathered outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas at a memorial garden dedicated to victims of gun violence.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Other notable cases include challenges to Trump’s sweeping tariffs, birthright citizenship, late-arriving mail ballots, and gun laws.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Jan. 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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Bystander footage showed an agent drawing his sidearm and firing at 37-year-od Renee Nicole Macklin Good after trying to prevent her from driving away in her SUV.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Football fans needed time to accommodate themselves to Patrick Mahomes’s sidearm throws, as did the baseball fans who at first recoiled from Hideo Nomo’s tornado windup.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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