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trapshooters

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plural of trapshooter

as in shooters

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Inside the restaurant, guests chatted among Dean’s signature Guinness-and-oyster shooters and silver bowls piled high with chips, but the warm fall night meant taking advantage of the sidewalk space also appealed.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
The Heat’s two best players (Antetokounmpo, Adebayo) are below-average three-point shooters in general and in the clutch.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of shooters

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Assassin is a real-life game played around the world, with NERF guns or water pistols most commonly used as the assassination method.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
The United States is currently managing to get significant amounts of crude oil (if not refined product) through the strait, but only by providing costly military protection to tankers that slip past Iran’s guns with their transponders off.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of guns

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The need for an outdoor gun range is urgent, according to multiple city officials, marksmen and developers the Idaho Statesman spoke with.

— Noah Daly August 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Aug. 2026
In Idaho, executions will be carried out at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution by three volunteer police marksmen whose identities will be kept confidential.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of marksmen

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Officials have considered mass sterilization or hiring sharpshooters, but those options are wildly expensive.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Leo took a pilgrimage to those ruins Tuesday, arriving during a rainstorm with sharpshooters covering the ancient flagstones and colonnades.

— Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026

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