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Recent Examples of machine gun
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
It was loaded with a 33-round extended magazine and machine gun conversion device, court documents say.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
In a startling image, a pregnant Perfidia fires off rounds with a machine-gun butt pressed against her swollen belly.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Late last year, the Third Army Corps, of which the Third Separate Assault Brigade is part, said a single land robot equipped with a machine gun had managed to hold off a Russian advance for 45 days while needing only light maintenance and a battery recharge every two days.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
It was loaded with a 33-round extended magazine and machine gun conversion device, court documents say.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
The pamphlet offered instructions for how to acoustically recognize an incoming threat and how to determine whether the source is machine-gun fire, artillery fire, rocket launchers, or an air raid.
—Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
In a startling image, a pregnant Perfidia fires off rounds with a machine-gun butt pressed against her swollen belly.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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His tommy-gun dialogue, much of it laced with withering invective and punctuated with profanity, started a shift in the language of both theater and movies in this country.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On the roof, a three-year-old boy from Chile plays with a toy submachine gun, pointing it at anyone who comes within range.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Westman had decorated the assault rifle and shotgun with hate speech in ways that aligned with the dark underbelly of alt-right meme culture that regularly disparages people of color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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Who needs an assault rifle with a 100-round cylinder?—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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According to Tejada, police found that Jones allegedly had an AR-15 assault rifle in his bookbag.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
Verb
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The Trinity fire, which started May 1 in Phelan, burned 19 acres with no structures damaged, though the blaze destroyed an unknown number of Joshua trees.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces destroyed several military and other targets, while also inflicting significant damage on oil port infrastructure.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Jones was arrested on charges of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a large capacity magazine, carrying a pistol without a permit and interfering with an officer.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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Analysis shows that nearly 20% of mass killings are committed with weapons other than firearms Semiautomatic handguns are far more common in mass killings than guns that are typically characterized as assault weapons, such as the AR-15.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Machine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20gun. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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