top guns

plural of top gun

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Noun
  • The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
  • Against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Wrexham twice raced into a two-goal lead only for the half-time of introduction of the Premier League’s ‘big guns’ to underline how far the Welsh club still has to go if their owners’ top flight ambitions are to be realised.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • But in his third and rockiest year at the helm of the Trojans, Riley was still compensated like one of the kings of the sport.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • The collection spans centuries of storytelling in multiple genres, from migratory fairytales with kings and princesses to legends of ghosts and the Devil to fables with talking animals.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
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“Top guns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20guns. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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