Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tommy-gunned
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The Los Angeles Fire Department and Mayor Bass have been criticized for their response during and after the Palisades Fire, which burned more than 23,000 acres, killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of structures.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026 -
Accessibility Unfortunately the rooms that met ADA requirements were located on the part of the property that was destroyed during the fires.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Mexican army killed Oseguera Cervantes just over a week ago while attempting to capture him.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Amplifying the chaos were questions over who will replace Ali Khamenei, Iran’s late leader, who was killed in the aerial barrage over the weekend.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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At least in January, Xiaomi’s YU7 electric SUV sold more than twice as many cars as Tesla’s Model Y did in China.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
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Texas did in true Longhorns style.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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Andress dispatched Abilene Wylie 69-64 on Friday.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2026
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The 300 megawatts, scheduled for installation in 2028, are enough to power more than 200,000 homes when dispatched.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Not even when Mourning was felled by kidney disease, when Tim Hardaway could manage little more than a limp, when Dwyane Wade regrettably was allowed to depart in free agency to the Bulls.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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Cortina Mayor Gianluca Lorenzi received death threats after centuries-old trees were felled to make way for a $131 million bobsledding track.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
9 Feb. 2026
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During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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The bull slewed around broadside, and a shot through the lungs put it down.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
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If there is any unevenness in wear the bomb will slew to one side and curve away from a straight path.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Tommy-gunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tommy-gunned. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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