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Recent Examples of sidearm
Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.
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John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Stafford then made one of his best throws of the season, a sidearm rope while falling backward to Davante Adams along the sideline.
—Nate Atkins, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Football fans needed time to accommodate themselves to Patrick Mahomes’s sidearm throws, as did the baseball fans who at first recoiled from Hideo Nomo’s tornado windup.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
Trailing 3-0, the Vikings went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Seattle 4, and DeMarcus Lawrence got a free run at Brosmer, who scrambled to his right and made a desperation sidearm heave.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Stafford then made one of his best throws of the season, a sidearm rope while falling backward to Davante Adams along the sideline.
—Nate Atkins, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Football fans needed time to accommodate themselves to Patrick Mahomes’s sidearm throws, as did the baseball fans who at first recoiled from Hideo Nomo’s tornado windup.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
Trailing 3-0, the Vikings went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Seattle 4, and DeMarcus Lawrence got a free run at Brosmer, who scrambled to his right and made a desperation sidearm heave.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidearm
Noun
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Williams then raised her arm over the vehicle and pointed the pistol toward police, the report said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Investigators say Allen traveled to Washington by train, carrying a shotgun, pistol and knives, and booked a room in the Washington Hilton where the April 25 dinner took place.—
Andrew Goudsward,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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He was previously charged with robbery and handgun violations, police said.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Police allegedly retrieved a 9-millimeter handgun at the bottom of the tree.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Not only were inventions more numerous, but consequential inventions also emerged during this period, including the McCormick mechanical reaper, the Colt revolver, and Goodyear’s vulcanization process.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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The witness said the woman took offense to the comment and returned later with Clock, who allegedly demanded an apology, pulled a revolver and shot Nimmo.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2026
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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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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Braden Peters, an online influencer known as Clavicular, was sentenced to six months of probation and ordered to complete 20 hours of community service after pleading no contest in an agreement with Florida prosecutors to unlawfully discharging a firearm in public.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 May 2026
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One of them, Hossein Hosseini, received basic firearms training from a masked member of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.—
Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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Who love the pop-cultured, Hollywood-ed image of the Texas Ranger: The cowboy wearing his Stetson, firing six-shooters at bad guys — usually Native Americans.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms. FROM 2016: New law calls for bringing Texas gold home.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Authorities later received a tip that Benítez-González was the shooter and was attempting to sell guns in an effort to flee the United States.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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The force also may be used to help quell civil disturbances and, if necessary, be armed with guns.—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2026
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“Sidearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidearm. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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