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a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle
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Recent Examples of muskets
There is also pretty but not always energetic imagery filmed in different referenced parts of the current American wilderness — snow gathering in fields, mist rising above mountaintops — and never-energetic shots of re-enactors loading muskets or preparing for battle.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Here, in the middle of British New York, and before that Dutch New Amsterdam, is where muskets were fired and the empire had its very last outpost in 1783, after the war ended.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
Some of them waged it, encamping with the armies, cooking, cleaning, and nursing, and, in a few exceptional cases, grabbing muskets themselves.
—Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Here, in the middle of British New York, and before that Dutch New Amsterdam, is where muskets were fired and the empire had its very last outpost in 1783, after the war ended.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
Some of them waged it, encamping with the armies, cooking, cleaning, and nursing, and, in a few exceptional cases, grabbing muskets themselves.
—Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muskets
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The container had 18 rifles, five handguns, firearms magazines, over 36,000 rounds of ammunition and a silencer that had been shipped from Miami.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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And the baddest of them all, Alucard (*cough* read that name back, right to left), wears a red trench coat, a pair of laughably huge pistols, and sunglasses at night to prove it.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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On Wednesday, Castro’s office said 113 people had been arrested, 10 teenagers were detained and authorities seized 91 rifles, 29 pistols, 14 explosive devices and one ton of cocaine.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Muskets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muskets. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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