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Recent Examples of submachine gun
Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Angry protesters denounced the brand on TikTok, ultimately leading to bomb threats, a country musician banning sales of the beer on his tour and a Twitter video of Kid Rock firing at cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun.
—Maggie Lange, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Hernandez said detectives seized a fully automatic submachine gun, ammunition and evidence related to the crimes.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Angry protesters denounced the brand on TikTok, ultimately leading to bomb threats, a country musician banning sales of the beer on his tour and a Twitter video of Kid Rock firing at cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun.
—Maggie Lange, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Hernandez said detectives seized a fully automatic submachine gun, ammunition and evidence related to the crimes.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for submachine gun
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Donaldson was arrested May 22, 2025, and charged with two counts of possession and transfer of a machine gun and one count of possession of a machine gun.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Jan. 2026
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In one, a man wearing a helmet with a visor can be seen firing a machine gun at a crowd of people about 30 yards away across a square.—
Marin Scott,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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Investigators say Sanford drove his truck into the church on McCandlish Road and exited his truck, firing several rounds from an assault rifle at churchgoers before setting the church on fire.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The supporting cast, including Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Kyle Chandler, and Catalina Sandino Moreno, all get their own assault rifle and dictionary of cop lingo.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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In February 2025, Bonta’s office charged Scrivner with two felony counts of possessing assault weapons and three felony counts of child abuse.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Davis pleaded guilty earlier in December to federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, but still faces state charges in Yolo County including possession of an assault weapon and a large-capacity magazine.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Submachine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submachine%20gun. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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