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Recent Examples of trapshooter
Nor would a trapshooter toe the line with eye and ear protection tucked in their vest.
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Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020
Last year’s inductees were Olympic medal-winning trapshooter Corey Cogdell, Major League Baseball pitcher Chad Bentz, the Alaska Run for Women and Kodiak’s 2001 state basketball championship team.
—Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2019
Gene was a gunsmith, a lifetime member of the NRA, and a champion trapshooter.
—orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2019
Such bunkers are rare in the United States, said Curtis Lynn, an Anchorage trapshooter whose daughter, Abbigail, is teammates with Davey on the Birchwood Bears youth team.
—Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News, 26 Oct. 2017
Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020
Last year’s inductees were Olympic medal-winning trapshooter Corey Cogdell, Major League Baseball pitcher Chad Bentz, the Alaska Run for Women and Kodiak’s 2001 state basketball championship team.
—Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2019
Gene was a gunsmith, a lifetime member of the NRA, and a champion trapshooter.
—orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2019
Such bunkers are rare in the United States, said Curtis Lynn, an Anchorage trapshooter whose daughter, Abbigail, is teammates with Davey on the Birchwood Bears youth team.
—Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News, 26 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapshooter
Noun
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Come training camp this summer, the 5-foot-10, 185-pound marksman was earning key reps with the first team offense quickly and proving his reliability as a slot receiver.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Aug. 2025
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Mihailovic recorded his third assist of the game — a season high for the marksman — in the 59th minute with a corner kick to center back Andreas Maxsø, who used an awkward bounce on the header to bag his first goal of the season.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
Noun
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The Dallas Mavericks acquired the sharpshooter in a big deal a season ago, adding Thompson to a roster that once included Luka Doncic.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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At 58, the former NBA sharpshooter is stepping into ESPN’s top booth after only two seasons of calling games, while Burke has been one of the network’s most reliable voices across NBA coverage for over twenty years.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In a straw purchase, an individual buys a firearm for someone ineligible to purchase or possess guns.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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This particular finding presents a more nuanced framing of gun violence and challenges dominant narratives about Chicago’s violence that have plagued the city’s reputation for decades.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ballentine has experience at gunner, where the Patriots have a void opposite Brenden Schooler.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Some French gunner, now long dead, had lifted it from a crate, shoved it into the breech of a cannon and fired it during that horrible year of 1916.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Agents much now spend 18 months in uniform, down from the previous 24 months, before being eligible to apply to become a counter-sniper.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Counter snipers who missed mandatory weapons training supported 47 of the 426 events (11%) attended by protectees in calendar year 2024, the inspector general found.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Trapshooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapshooter. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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