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Recent Examples of zip gun
The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
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cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zip gun
Noun
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Players can acquire four melee weapons — a katana, a spear, knuckles and a heavy sword — and four firearms — a pistol, a machine gun, a shotgun and a rocket launcher.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Lamont’s four-page measure, known as House Bill 5043, would outlaw the future sale, manufacturing, purchase, and importation of the convertible pistols in Connecticut.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Police said Baima had robbed a BMO bank branch before running from officers and pointing what appeared to be a handgun at them.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Investigators believe Cardenas fired several rounds from a handgun, hitting Dumas in the head.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The year is 1940 and the Second World War is in full swing, coming to Birmingham with a bang when a bomb falls on a small arms factory, killing everyone including a previously unseen member of the Shelby family, Agnes (Ruby Ashbourne Serkis).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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From the north and from the island’s southern highpoint, 550-foot Mount Suribachi, shells and small arms fire rained on the Marines, the Courant reported.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He was heard yelling in an agitated manner, and officers saw Lindner with a revolver in his hand.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The firearm found at the scene was later determined to be a gold lighter manufactured to appear as a revolver.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Johnson and a woman in the apartment at the time of the search, Melissa Lincks-Morpeau, 44, of Boston, were both arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, and unlawful possession of ammunition.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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In accordance with department policy, the officer who fired his firearm has been placed on administrative leave while Internal Affairs conducts an administrative investigation.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The prosecution displayed dozens of items of evidence in front of the jury, including guns that were found during home searches and an antifa flag.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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The man at the gun shop looked at Martinez, a small woman with round eyes and rosy cheeks, and recommended the pistol, which fit nicely in her hands.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sandgaard hung a large banner on the fourth floor, a spoof of a popular George Washington meme in which the Zynex founder is holding a machine gun in one hand, a bald eagle perched on his other arm.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
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So this scatter gun, almost machine gun, offensive by the Iranians seems to be backfiring.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
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“Zip gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip%20gun. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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