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Recent Examples of tommy gun
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.
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Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.
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Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
On the back of the bottle was a ghost engraving: the original G-man in a fedora, toting a tommy gun.
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Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2022
The image of a mask-wearing authoritarian pointing a tommy gun at first looks like irresistible kitsch but now seems disturbingly accurate for the COVID apocalypse.
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Armond White,
National Review,
20 Aug. 2021
In the 1930s, the fee doubled the cost of a new tommy gun.
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Adam Weinstein,
The New Republic,
20 Apr. 2020
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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
Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.
—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
On the back of the bottle was a ghost engraving: the original G-man in a fedora, toting a tommy gun.
—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2022
The image of a mask-wearing authoritarian pointing a tommy gun at first looks like irresistible kitsch but now seems disturbingly accurate for the COVID apocalypse.
—
Armond White,
National Review,
20 Aug. 2021
In the 1930s, the fee doubled the cost of a new tommy gun.
—
Adam Weinstein,
The New Republic,
20 Apr. 2020
Verb
His tommy-gun dialogue, much of it laced with withering invective and punctuated with profanity, started a shift in the language of both theater and movies in this country.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tommy gun
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Pinpoint Where Value Is Being Lost Honestly, almost everyone is trying to kill an ant with a machine gun.
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Certain models of handguns can allow semi-automatic guns to fire without repeatedly pulling the trigger, if an accessory called a machine gun conversion device is installed.
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And the Israeli army remains a few miles south, its presence marked by the occasional plume of smoke where its artillery hits, and the rip of machine-gun fire.
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Armed guards patrolled federal buildings; machine-gun-toting snipers perched on rooftops.
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In the winter morning sunshine, two tanks and an armored personnel carrier moved slowly down Constitution Avenue, accompanied by troops carrying submachine guns, while soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines lined the street.
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On the roof, a three-year-old boy from Chile plays with a toy submachine gun, pointing it at anyone who comes within range.
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
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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.
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Nicolas Cage headlines through the Nick Cage Event Pass running June 25 to July 23, whose free track hands out the AN-94 assault rifle and Executioner's Duet melee weapon.
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When Jonah was 3, sound asleep in his room at his older sister’s birthday party, bullets from an assault rifle cracked through the windows of Jamon’s house and left holes above his bed.
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Machado faces dozens of charges, including seven counts of murder, four counts of possession of an unlicensed assault weapon and multiple charges related to the possession of explosives.
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Lee was later charged with four counts of possession of an assault weapon on July 26, 2024, according to the FBI.
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“Tommy gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tommy%20gun. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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