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Recent Examples of shootings
The same user told Holly to get a patch with a Nazi-era symbol that suspects wore in the 2019 Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shootings and the 2022 Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting, according to the ADL.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The Chicago shootings occurred less than a day after one person was killed and five others wounded, including a 5-year-old girl, in a mass shooting at an outdoor gathering in Baltimore, Md.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2025
Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The Chicago shootings occurred less than a day after one person was killed and five others wounded, including a 5-year-old girl, in a mass shooting at an outdoor gathering in Baltimore, Md.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shootings
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Ursa Major will be able to conduct full-scale static firings, and drop and temperature storage testing for current and future missile systems.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The former officials’ attorneys, represented by former Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell, are seeking back pay and a formal declaration that the firings were unlawful.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Following the detonations, black rains fell, sticky and radioactive—a type of nuclear fallout.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Some thought experiments, if truly wrestled with, can act like inner detonations.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
5 Aug. 2025
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Video footage from the area showed multiple large explosions in Gaza City on Tuesday as the IDF pressed its offensive.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Aside from heavy tanks and artillery firing salvos leading to big explosions and heavy smoke on the training area, infantry units also charged forward on motorcycles, quad bikes or on foot under the cover of drones.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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As part of the new study, Knutsen and her team programmed Perseverance's cameras to watch the sky after solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) blasted in the direction of Mars.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Kamchatka sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic activity frequently triggers earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.—
Amanda Castro
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Shootings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shootings. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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