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Recent Examples of muzzle
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
On October 23, a Border Patrol agent with a tactical team accompanying Bovino fired a 40mm muzzle-blast chemical shell directly at the face of a Chicago protester filming with a cell phone.
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Bob Ortega,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The gun in his hand appeared to raise and — in a section of the video slowed down and zoomed in — a muzzle flash can be seen from it.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
On October 23, a Border Patrol agent with a tactical team accompanying Bovino fired a 40mm muzzle-blast chemical shell directly at the face of a Chicago protester filming with a cell phone.
—
Bob Ortega,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
And even its own alarming internal figures haven’t spurred the very concerned minds at OpenAI like Altman to pull or at least seriously muzzle their product.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
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Both are drawn from Spanish auteurist designer Jaime Hayon’s arresting sense of design – a protagonist with a beak nose, shiny colors, an avoidance of sharp angles – which recreates over a century of Spanish design and architecture.
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Since a hummingbird will only access the feeder spout with its long beak, any food residue anywhere else on the feeder could be an invitation to ants or other insects.
Verb
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Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.
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The collection includes works that have been banned, censored or otherwise challenged, alongside books that continue to provoke debate around identity, race, gender, political power and freedom of expression.
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That same year, DNA analysis revealed that a tooth recovered from a mandible at one of the relevant archaeological sites was that of Captain James Fitzjames of the HMS Erebus.
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By March, crews found the mandible of an adult man, followed within days by the ribs of a young adult.
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Davis crafted a marquee lineup that included Springsteen, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jennifer Hudson, The Killers and Paul Simon, but a massive thunderstorm silenced the show before many of the top names could perform.
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Your method of dismissing your flippant remarks, then, is probably the next best option to silence.
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Save Cheese Rinds and Vegetable Trimmings Instead of giving that last nib of Parmesan or cured meat trimmings the heave-ho, use them to transform a stock, braise, soup, or sauce.
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Chia pudding is an excellent source of magnesium and fiber and can be topped with other blood pressure-friendly ingredients, like cacao nibs and berries.
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Azim was then beaten, strangled, suffocated with a pillow, gagged, and stuffed in a closet.
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There are 100 categories (seriously), the vast majority of them ridiculous bits, and even the semi-serious ones basically gags, too.
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Referencing a maxilla fragment found in Misliya Cave, Israel, one study dated it between 180,000 and 190,000 years ago.
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The jugal bone, or what could be called the cheekbone, and the maxilla, or jawbone, are fused, Bertozzo said.
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Instead of using artificial colors, look for ingredients that naturally fit the bill.
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Energy-saving tips, according to DTE DTE says high temperatures can result in a higher energy bill.
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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