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Recent Examples of Synonyms for six-shooters
Noun
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The indictment describes two pistols, a rifle and a shotgun found in Roberts’ possession.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026 -
The indictment describes two pistols, a rifle and a shotgun found in Roberts' possession.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In a game where the ‘Hawks might try to slow things down with the running game, Stafford will come out guns blazing and dare Seattle to keep up.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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By the later rounds, the blue states had launched a tax boycott, worked to win over the military, embraced the Oregon sheriff as a champion of liberty, and abandoned the long-standing liberal aversion to guns.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Changes announced by Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, also include a ban on members of the public carrying firearms in the Senate Gallery.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
26 Jan. 2026
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Policing experts said that when officers are trying to arrest people found to have firearms, they are taught to alert their fellow officers and then draw their own guns and order the people to drop theirs or to try to disarm them.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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