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Recent Examples of muzzle
Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
The House voted 105-2 on the plan (HB 7031), which drew some criticism for lifting sales taxes for the next fiscal year on firearm accessories, including holsters, magazines, muzzle devices, sights and suppressors.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Frank Landymore, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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Noun
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
The House voted 105-2 on the plan (HB 7031), which drew some criticism for lifting sales taxes for the next fiscal year on firearm accessories, including holsters, magazines, muzzle devices, sights and suppressors.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 5 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.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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Normally to describe a new octopus species, a specimen needs to be cut open so that its mouth, beak, teeth and other parts can be examined.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Birds also have a beak and no teeth, and that doesn’t stop an eagle from being a carnivore.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
26 May 2026
Verb
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By July 2025, 1 in 12 foundations had censored themselves by removing DEI language from their websites.—
Christopher Justin Einolf,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
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On the contrary, creators must speak out… the worst thing that could happen would be to remain silent or to be censored.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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By March, crews found the mandible of an adult man, followed within days by the ribs of a young adult.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That’s precisely why players and coaches alike were reduced to silence and prayer when Henry stayed on the ground following the collision in last Tuesday’s OTA.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Wolff originally sued in state court in New York under a law barring lawsuits designed to silence critics.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
11 May 2026
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Next, Butac arranges a bunch of the beans on two trays and roasts them for a specific amount of time before separating the shells from the beans and then running the bean fragments, also known as nibs, through a mill.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Victims of Harvey Weinstein have spoken in the past about being gagged by NDAs.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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The thieves bound and gagged Mary Kay, per Gavenas, and stole $9,000 worth of different expensive items, including fur coats and jewelry.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The jugal bone, or what could be called the cheekbone, and the maxilla, or jawbone, are fused, Bertozzo said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to reopen the Gacy file in 2011 as a cold case, exhuming bone fragments and sending eight sets of mandibles and maxilla to the CHI lab in Fort Worth for DNA processing.—
David Montesino,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2024
Noun
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His family continues to push for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a federal bill that would ban chokeholds and restrict no-knock warrants in federal cases, while encouraging similar changes nationwide.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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Not leaving a sufficient gap between the dryer and the wall can actually slow down the drying process, therefore taking more time—and money in energy bills—according to Stafford.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
24 May 2026
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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