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Recent Examples of revolver
But all the while, the revolver sat in an Oakland Police Department locker, without police in Emeryville or Oakland aware of its potential link to Appleby’s killing.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Goetz, who had been assaulted three years earlier and then denied a gun permit, illegally carried a revolver.
—Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2026
The parents of a 16-year-old boy who wounded two students at a Colorado high school with an old revolver his family said was kept in a locked gun safe won't be charged with any crimes, authorities said Wednesday.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
Ritchie says the killer, who didn’t steal money or any garage sale items, chose a revolver so no casings would be left behind.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Goetz, who had been assaulted three years earlier and then denied a gun permit, illegally carried a revolver.
—Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2026
The parents of a 16-year-old boy who wounded two students at a Colorado high school with an old revolver his family said was kept in a locked gun safe won't be charged with any crimes, authorities said Wednesday.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
Ritchie says the killer, who didn’t steal money or any garage sale items, chose a revolver so no casings would be left behind.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolver
Noun
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The gun, a Micro Draco pistol, was allegedly purchased at Clements' direction and was loaded with 17 rounds when police recovered it.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Surveillance video obtained by the Daily News shows a man exiting an SUV and approaching a white sedan with his pistol drawn.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Noun
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The man took out his own handgun and shot the teen in his chest, police said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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When the chaplain ignored him, the man pulled out a handgun.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The man who shot the gun is being booked for possession of a firearm by an ineligible person.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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Debates have already begun on some of the most prominent bills, on issues like immigration, data centers, firearm regulations and tax policy.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
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Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
Noun
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The release did not state how many times Duit fired his gun.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
19 Mar. 2026
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This sentence provides his victim with justice and makes clear that gun violence leads to serious consequences.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.—
John O’Connor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Revolver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolver. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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