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Recent Examples of speargun
Siberio dove into the ocean with his speargun, hunting for three hours before deciding to head home.
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Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
Fish and wildlife police are looking for the culprit who shot an American crocodile with a speargun in the Florida Keys over the weekend.
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
When Ray attacks Julie, Ava shoots him through the back with his speargun, killing him.
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Megan McCluskey,
Time,
18 July 2025
That afternoon, Mariottini went diving, hunting for amberjacks and sea bream with his speargun.
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Elena Clavarino,
Air Mail,
12 July 2025
Because the fish can both hear noise and feel vibrations, divers must take care not to, say, bump their speargun on the bottom while listening for croaks.
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Mike Raabe,
Outdoor Life,
2 July 2025
This means that Hara had to catch the fish in 60-degree water with all her gear — a 10-pound weight belt, snorkel, fins and 2-pound EduSub speargun.
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Kaila Yu,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2022
As in the story, Domino shoots Largo with a speargun.
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John Mariani,
Forbes,
4 Oct. 2022
The hope is that a robust consumer market will incentivize lionfish hunting, and that humans with spearguns will become the predators that invasive lionfish need.
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IEEE Spectrum,
14 Mar. 2019
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
Fish and wildlife police are looking for the culprit who shot an American crocodile with a speargun in the Florida Keys over the weekend.
—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
When Ray attacks Julie, Ava shoots him through the back with his speargun, killing him.
—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
18 July 2025
That afternoon, Mariottini went diving, hunting for amberjacks and sea bream with his speargun.
—
Elena Clavarino,
Air Mail,
12 July 2025
Because the fish can both hear noise and feel vibrations, divers must take care not to, say, bump their speargun on the bottom while listening for croaks.
—
Mike Raabe,
Outdoor Life,
2 July 2025
This means that Hara had to catch the fish in 60-degree water with all her gear — a 10-pound weight belt, snorkel, fins and 2-pound EduSub speargun.
—
Kaila Yu,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2022
As in the story, Domino shoots Largo with a speargun.
—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
4 Oct. 2022
The hope is that a robust consumer market will incentivize lionfish hunting, and that humans with spearguns will become the predators that invasive lionfish need.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Mar. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speargun
Noun
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The person appears to try to reload a rifle but collapses amid more gunfire.
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He was reportedly armed with an AR-15-style rifle equipped with a silencer.
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Riding shotgun with him will be Scheffler, who finally got on track by making three straight birdies, shooting 32 on the back nine and at least keeping alive hope of a career Grand Slam.
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The 28-year-old quarterback has dedicated much of the offseason to tweaking his footwork — putting his left foot in front of his right from the shotgun, against traditional NFL form — to fit Los Angeles’ new offensive coordinator’s scheme.
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The seizures added up to about 420 grams of cocaine, $2,291 in cash, a rifle, four pistols, various magazines and ammunition, and digital scales and packaging materials believed to be used in narcotics distribution, the sheriff's office said.
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At one point, the Challenger’s passenger threw an AR-style pistol out the window.
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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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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.
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Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.
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The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.
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Zajko was arrested alongside LaSota and another person and charged with trespassing, resisting or interfering with an arrest, obstruction and carrying a handgun.
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Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
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To put that in perspective, when Beretta started making arquebus barrels, Michelangelo was still working in Rome.
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“Speargun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speargun. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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