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Recent Examples of sidearm
Herbert ran to his right on the Kansas City 23-yard line and slung a sidearm pass to Johnston for his second touchdown of the game.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Ziva, though, heard gunshot, immediately grabbed for her sidearm and started frantically aiming for an assailant who wasn’t there.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Jaheim Bell caught one touchdown on a nifty sidearm throw from Dobbs and undrafted rookie Gee Scott secured one of two targets.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Scruggs recalled an early practice when Washington looked off Scruggs and then delivered a sidearm pass to a receiver – a la the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Ziva, though, heard gunshot, immediately grabbed for her sidearm and started frantically aiming for an assailant who wasn’t there.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Jaheim Bell caught one touchdown on a nifty sidearm throw from Dobbs and undrafted rookie Gee Scott secured one of two targets.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Scruggs recalled an early practice when Washington looked off Scruggs and then delivered a sidearm pass to a receiver – a la the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidearm
Noun
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The weapon charge was dismissed in exchange for forfeiting the pistol.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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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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Like the cumbersome, omnipresent sheriff's duty belt, complete with handgun, handcuffs and the works.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Hernandez Santana was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of firing a 9 mm handgun within a school zone, possessing a firearm within a school zone and willfully or maliciously interfering with or causing interference to any radio communications of any station in the September shooting.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Russian roulette is a deadly game involving a single bullet placed into a revolver.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
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That’s when, police believe, Flores allegedly went back inside, grabbed a revolver and fired toward the man, per the outlets.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 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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That includes continuing firearm safety courses to renew their license every five years and requiring courses to provide information on gun storage and preventing accidental shootings.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The government’s lawyers argued the ruling effectively guts a statute aimed at reducing gun violence by preventing unlawful drug users from wielding firearms.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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
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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Joel’s skepticism about the note—questioning whether his father even owned a gun—sets him on a path of investigation that gradually unravels the dark secrets of the Lazarus family.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The organization works to support families affected by racial and gun violence while also pushing for changes to policies like Stand Your Ground laws.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Sidearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidearm. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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