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Recent Examples of machine gun
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Standing in the sea of people, Private Jonathan Cole wore a Gulf War-era camouflage uniform and held a model machine gun.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 June 2025
San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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Noun
Russian troops have advanced in some areas in eastern and northern Ukraine in recent months but have not managed to break through or take over a major city.
‘Impossible to shoot them down’
Yuriy Chumak spends many of his nights perched on Kyiv’s rooftops, machine gun in hand.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Standing in the sea of people, Private Jonathan Cole wore a Gulf War-era camouflage uniform and held a model machine gun.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Verb
As someone who grew up in the Dodgers’ family and now can’t stand the sight of them, who wants to beat them as Buddy Rich might machine-gun his snare drum.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine gun
Noun
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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One of the suspects was also armed with an assault rifle and the car was speeding at the time of the crash, McManus said.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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Last July 13, just six minutes into Trump's speech to 15,000 fervent fans on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show, Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight shots from an assault rifle while atop the roof of American Glass Research, some 150 yards away.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
Verb
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Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim wildfire: National Park Service says only hotel destroyed The Grand Canyon Lodge was the park's only hotel, according the National Park Service, with the next nearest lodgings roughly 18 miles away.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
14 July 2025
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The lawsuit alleges that Merit Street’s business partner, Trinity Broadcasting of Fort Worth, destroyed its television network and forced the bankruptcy declaration.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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With all that, the majority’s legislative leaders and governor decided to increase purchases of any kind of firearm, including assault weapons, by creating an incentive to buy.—
Tina Polsky,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Valencia was booked into San Diego jail on suspicion of murder, owning a firearm without a serial number and possessing an assault weapon, according to Sheriff’s Office online arrest logs.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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In that incident, a rooftop gunman fired at Trump from roughly 150 yards away, grazing his right ear and killing one attendee, Corey Comperatore, before Secret Service agents shot the attacker dead.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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The man accused of killing a 22-year-old in English Woods has now been charged in a second killing: the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in Westwood.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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At the scene of the apparent assassination attempt, officials found the rifle, a black backpack and a bag containing ceramic tile, and a GoPro camera.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Six days later, Blanchard was assaulted outside a party on Westwood Northern Boulevard and went inside to get a rifle, prosecutors said.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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“Machine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20gun. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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