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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine-gunning
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But if enacted, some of the ideas proposed also risk destroying a nascent private sector and worsening the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Online records show that Lamb was charged with homicide, kidnap-false imprisonment, evidence-destroying and procure for prostitute.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Puerto Vallarta Citizen Security Police Station ramps up efforts during peak tourist seasons, dispatching daytime patrols across the city’s main avenues and near ATMS and banks.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
21 Mar. 2025
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Maryland men’s basketball cruised through its first-round NCAA Tournament matchup, dispatching Grand Canyon, 81-49.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Mar. 2025
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The evidence of this century does not bode well for an approach that throws ever more money at the Pentagon while decimating non-military tools of statecraft, as has happened with the virtual elimination of the Agency for International Development (AID).—
William Hartung,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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An exotic pet escapes and multiplies, decimating native species.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Machine-gunning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine-gunning. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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