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Noun
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The weapon charge was dismissed in exchange for forfeiting the pistol.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025 -
In the film, the pistol feels like both an inheritance from the father and a symbol of spirit.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For those who prefer the hands-on experience of making their own espresso, a semiautomatic keeps you in control.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Police recovered a black, semi-automatic handgun gun which Green pointed at the drone and officers, Hoskin added.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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According to police, Laudermilk emerged from a residence on Polk County Road 14 armed with a handgun and fired a shot.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Oct. 2025
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Deputies promptly located a revolver, per the Grimes County sheriff's office.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Snowling carried a revolver in his right hand and a semiautomatic handgun in his left.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Another invoice shows Hole purchased a rifle cleaning kit through Amazon on April 3, 2021.—
Tony Cook,
IndyStar,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The purchase of the rifle was possible because IMPD and the Marion County prosecutors never filed a red flag petition with the court after seizing the shotgun.—
Tony Cook,
IndyStar,
21 Oct. 2025
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On a shotgun snap, a handoff slipped out of Bo Nix’s hands, the quarterback falling on it for a loss of four.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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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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
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Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Self-loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loader. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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