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Recent Examples of six-gun
There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.
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Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for six-gun
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
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As the boys ran away down the street, the man raised the pistol again and fired at them, striking Guzman in the back.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Then almost a month later, on Wednesday, a search warrant was served at the residence, with officials recovering a stun gun, replica pistol, drugs and drug paraphernalia, the district attorney's office said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Along Foreman’s flight path, police found a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol, both of which were used to fire at the victims.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
20 Aug. 2025
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Hard work could never compete with a steam engine in pulling a train; decades of training in swordsmanship could never compete with a revolver.—
Radu Magdin,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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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
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But one night, the police were called after an argument escalated to the point of Staples trying to hurt herself with razors, even grabbing Kerr’s handgun.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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In exchange, prosecutors would agree to dismiss the rest of the case, including a murder charge, dealing in cocaine, unlawful carrying of a handgun and a misdemeanor.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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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
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But unlike in past deadly episodes of gun violence, the leaders were silent on calling for any gun control measures.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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A student who authorities say opened fire at his Colorado high school, wounding two classmates and then turning the gun on himself, has died, according to the local sheriff's office.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lanez was convicted in 2022 of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm and sentenced in August 2023 to 10 years in prison.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The new rule and the announcement that USCIS officers can carry firearms are the most recent steps to transform the agency into a different entity, away from one founded to adjudicate benefit applications and provide services to the public.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Six-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/six-gun. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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