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Recent Examples of handgun
According to state police, a loaded 9mm handgun was allegedly located in the bag.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
Prosecutors allege Figueroa used a handgun to cause great bodily injury or death.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
House Bill 1128, introduced by Republican state Representative Carrie Isaac, would grant election judges the right to carry handguns while performing their official duties.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The trial was over accusations that A$AP fired an automatic handgun at A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli during an altercation in November 2021.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 May 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
Prosecutors allege Figueroa used a handgun to cause great bodily injury or death.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
House Bill 1128, introduced by Republican state Representative Carrie Isaac, would grant election judges the right to carry handguns while performing their official duties.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The trial was over accusations that A$AP fired an automatic handgun at A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli during an altercation in November 2021.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
Noun
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Macias fired the first shot at Sweet with a 9mm pistol because Macias said that Sweet ran over his foot, Burnette told the detectives.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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During that year, the .45-caliber pistol, which went missing from the Gresham District police station, was used in at least three crimes, Illinois Answers and the Sun-Times found.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Clyde cited taxes on firearm purchases as part of his reasoning.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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Police also found firearms at the scene, Vega said, adding that witnesses will be brought to the police station to be interviewed.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Gutierrez-Reed, who was 24 at the time and an inexperienced armorer, was supposed to load the revolver that Baldwin was holding with dummy rounds.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The bill would cover anyone convicted of those misdemeanors in another state during the past eight years; they would now be blocked from getting a pistol or revolver permit, lawmakers said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hiaasen’s humor remains sharp and outlandish, but some of the darker currents of contemporary American life—the guns, the anger, the conspiracy theories—have become painfully personal.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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Surveillance cameras showed Floren threatening that caller inside the bar before going outside and hiding his gun between a trash can and a pillar, according to Merriweather’s letter.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
8 May 2025
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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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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
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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
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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Clearly the basic architecture is meant to accommodate full field dress: boots, sidearm, plate hanger, the works.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, despite the sidearms and tactical gear, Dunn and his agents are practically Canadian in their politeness.—
Jason McGahan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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