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self-loaders

noun

plural of self-loader

as in zip guns

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Battle with swords, pistols, anchors, or guitars, tow your haul between islands, and craft tools on the fly.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
That’s a far cry from Iowa and New Hampshire—the traditional starting pistols in the presidential race, where less than 10% were voters of color, per exit polls.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Nov. 2026

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Rahaf swings her prosthetics to the song, and at one point, wraps her small arms around Accurso’s neck — following the song’s instructions and pretending to be asleep.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Those roads and trails are often where vehicles become vulnerable to artillery, drones, mines, and small arms fire.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

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These soldiers formed ranks—in numbers not at all near four thousand—and with bulletless muskets levelled began to march up a service road through the park’s lawns and picnic tables.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
There were about sixty of them aboard the Cuyahoga Packet, and they were armed with swords and muskets.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of muskets

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