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Recent Examples of shotgun
Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
Lunch and registration begin at 11 a.m., with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start.
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Post-Tribune,
7 July 2017
Stepheny Price , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Rincker is also alleged to have met that man in Omaha, Nebraska, and given him a 12-gauge pump shotgun, according to federal officials.
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Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
In 2019, in non-shotgun formations, Jackson had 19 drop-backs and combined with Ravens running backs for 27 carries, according to Sports Info Solutions.
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Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
Lunch and registration begin at 11 a.m., with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start.
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Post-Tribune,
7 July 2017
Noun
Prosecutors allege Rincker accepted $1,200 from a co-conspirator to distribute payments connected to the operation and provided a shotgun during an in-person meeting.
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Stepheny Price , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Rincker is also alleged to have met that man in Omaha, Nebraska, and given him a 12-gauge pump shotgun, according to federal officials.
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Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
Verb
Westman had decorated the assault rifle and shotgun with hate speech in ways that aligned with the dark underbelly of alt-right meme culture that regularly disparages people of color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.
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Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shotgun
Adjective
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And while towns in Clay, Platte and Johnson Counties have seen steady — if limited — growth, the bureau found, population figures in eastern Jackson County have been somewhat more scattershot.
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Some hospitals have started to run their own numbers, but the effort is scattershot.
Noun
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Independence without muskets and mortars, hurrah!
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Pumphrey was felled there by a British musket ball, his body left to lie in a shallow grave in South Carolina.
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And the Israeli army remains a few miles south, its presence marked by the occasional plume of smoke where its artillery hits, and the rip of machine-gun fire.
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Armed guards patrolled federal buildings; machine-gun-toting snipers perched on rooftops.
Adjective
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Fire departments have also partnered with the APA to hand out buckets so consumer fireworks users can douse used fireworks, reducing the risk of accidental fires.
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While many may have had one as children, the inception of the toy was accidental.
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As the crowd passed through the neighborhood, the McCloskeys emerged from their home carrying firearms — Mark with an AR-15-style rifle and Patricia with a handgun.
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While executing a search warrant in October 2024, law enforcement officers found 257 pounds of mushrooms and 18 pounds of growing material at a location in Fallbrook, as well as 25 pounds of mushrooms, 5 pounds of psilocybin capsules and six firearms at a location in Bonsall.
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Thankfully, there are self-aware jabs as well, and it’s all couched in a character- and ensemble-centric ending that has hearty portions that help the random sour bite go down smoothly.
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Their choice of 14er was not random.
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With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.
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Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.
Adjective
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Only a few minutes earlier, Abulaila endured an inadvertent slap to his throat by Arnautovic on a pass into the box.
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However, after Monday's inadvertent alarm, the office is looking at that policy.
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“Shotgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shotgun. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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