revolver

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Recent Examples of revolver Dingle was taken into custody and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, carrying a pistol without a permit and carrying a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026 The vehicle sat locked, with a sun visor propping his off-duty silver five-shot revolver in the dash. Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026 One sign displayed a revolver aimed outward. Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026 The firearm found at the scene was later determined to be a gold lighter manufactured to appear as a revolver. Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revolver
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Noun
  • During raids in Czechia and Austria, police seized some weapons, such as knives, machetes, axes and gas pistols.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Cole Tomas Allen, who authorities say rushed a banquet room at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night, had legally bought a 12-gauge shotgun at the Turner’s location in his hometown of Torrance, as well as a semiautomatic pistol at CAP Tactical Firearms in neighboring Lawndale.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
    Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • As a result, a Caddo Parish district judge sentenced Elkins to 18 months of supervised probation, and Elkins turned his handgun into police as a condition of probation, court filings show.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Government contractor Steven Garcia, who oversaw nuclear weapons assets at the Kansas City National Security Campus, disappeared from Albuquerque in August 2025, last seen on surveillance footage leaving on foot with a handgun.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Allen will be arraigned Monday on charges, including assault of a federal officer and discharging a firearm in an attempt to kill a federal officer.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The suspect in the attack is being charged with two counts of using a firearm and one count of assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon, according to the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, who did not name him publicly.
    Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Who love the pop-cultured, Hollywood-ed image of the Texas Ranger: The cowboy wearing his Stetson, firing six-shooters at bad guys — usually Native Americans.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms. FROM 2016: New law calls for bringing Texas gold home.
    Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In a dramatic scene, officers were captured on video approaching the home with guns drawn, looking for a suspect.
    Austin Turner, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • For recovery, check out this wrist roller, which can also be used as a one-pound weight, or this muscle-soothing massage gun.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • And a sidearm lefty against [Smith] isn’t ideal either.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.
    Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026

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“Revolver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolver. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.

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