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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
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During raids in Czechia and Austria, police seized some weapons, such as knives, machetes, axes and gas pistols.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cole Tomas Allen, who authorities say rushed a banquet room at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night, had legally bought a 12-gauge shotgun at the Turner’s location in his hometown of Torrance, as well as a semiautomatic pistol at CAP Tactical Firearms in neighboring Lawndale.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Deputies searched the beach and found blood, two pairs of shoes, a Glock handgun and shell casings, according to an arrest affidavit police provided to the Daily News.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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When agents approached, Marx ran, then pulled a handgun from his waistband while fleeing, according to a federal affidavit reviewed by Fox News Digital.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Noun
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In some cases, small arms fire and high rate-of-fire machine guns have proved effective against low-flying drones.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Throughout their history, they have been proven vulnerable to small arms fire in urban combat.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2022, a former student armed with a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver killed four people and wounded 12 in two schools in Brazil.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Magnum revolver from the passenger seat of one vehicle.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the time of her death, Broderick was serving a sentence of 32 years to life with the possibility of parole after being convicted in 1991 of two counts of second-degree murder and firearm enhancements.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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If released, both people are ordered to wear a GPS tether and are prohibited from possessing any animals or firearms.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
Noun
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After Florida law changed last fall, Publix opted to allow customers to open carry, while other major grocery chains, including Walmart and Winn-Dixie, asked customers not to bring guns.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2026
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McDonnell has publicly defended the stops as an essential law enforcement tool in the department’s fight against guns, gangs and drugs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The bill, introduced by Democrats in Connecticut, would effectively ban most Glock-style pistols that can be converted into a machine gun.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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This tank was well-armored and featured a short Puteaux 37 mm gun and a coaxial MAC-31 Reibel machine gun.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
17 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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“Zip gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip%20gun. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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