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verb

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Recent Examples of pistol
Verb
Gonzales picked up a pistol that was on the bed and waved it around. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2025 Officers pursued, finding a ballistic vest, handgun magazines, a flashlight, face mask and Beretta 92 9mm pistol along the way. Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 20 June 2025 Those weapons included an AR-style pistol with an empty 60-round drum magazine, a Glock handgun and a black and tan AR-style pistol. Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025 Law enforcement agents recovered several AK-style firearms from the suspect’s vehicle, and he was believed to still be armed with a pistol, a person familiar with the matter told the AP. Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pistol
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pistol
dynamo
Noun
  • Simmons was utterly dominant at LSU, a 6-foot-10 transition dynamo who was athletically superior to everyone around him.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • These usually form in planetary bodies as a result of a dynamo, in which molten metals in the core start to convect thanks to slowly dissipating heat.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025

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“Pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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