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"The new gun legislation restricts people from carrying handguns in public by prohibiting them in locations including schools, libraries and parks. \u2014 Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Pratt is James Reece, an ultra-elite SEAL with a gun garage and an axe collection. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"In other words, the reduction in violent deaths simply cannot be attributed to Bolsonaro\u2019s gun policies. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 1 July 2022",
"Hochul, in introducing the legislation on Wednesday, said this measure is meant to cut down on gun thefts from cars. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 1 July 2022",
"New York will be the first of six states directly affected by the gun ruling to pass a new law restricting the carrying of guns. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"New York will be the first of six states directly affected by the gun ruling to pass a new law restricting the carrying of guns. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Shortly after Da Candy Shop opened, the Stockton Planning Commission considered shutting down due to drug and gun -related arrests at and near the club. \u2014 Max Bell, SPIN , 1 July 2022",
"More:Milwaukee officials encourage residents to pick up free gun locks. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ruth had manipulated Javi into showing up for a meeting at Shaw\u2019s office, only to gun him down in retaliation for Javi killing Ruth\u2019s cousin Wyatt. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 June 2022",
"According to a Washington Post analysis, there have been only two instances two decades where a school resource officer was able to gun down an active shooter. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 June 2022",
"Early reports indicate at least one such weapon possibly was used to gun down students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down African American patrons. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 25 May 2022",
"Moore chose to gun the unarmed man down, then run away, the prosecutor said. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 4 May 2022",
"Kurt has Harrison running through the snow and is just about to gun him down when Dexter/Jim revs toward him, sending him running off instead. \u2014 Kelly Mcclure, Vulture , 28 Dec. 2021",
"But days later, authorities say the teen used the weapon to gun down his classmates at Oxford High School. \u2014 Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger challenged Rittenhouse's right to gun down the two victims that night. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"But then there is Styles, cheerily gung ho , hidden behind a festive yellow bandana mask and a sweatshirt of his own design, surprisingly printed with three portraits of his intellectual pinup, the author Alain de Botton. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But then there is Styles, cheerily gung ho , hidden behind a festive yellow bandana mask and a sweatshirt of his own design, surprisingly printed with three portraits of his intellectual pinup, the author Alain de Botton. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But then there is Styles, cheerily gung ho , hidden behind a festive yellow bandana mask and a sweatshirt of his own design, surprisingly printed with three portraits of his intellectual pinup, the author Alain de Botton. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But then there is Styles, cheerily gung ho , hidden behind a festive yellow bandana mask and a sweatshirt of his own design, surprisingly printed with three portraits of his intellectual pinup, the author Alain de Botton. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But then there is Styles, cheerily gung ho , hidden behind a festive yellow bandana mask and a sweatshirt of his own design, surprisingly printed with three portraits of his intellectual pinup, the author Alain de Botton. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But then there is Styles, cheerily gung ho , hidden behind a festive yellow bandana mask and a sweatshirt of his own design, surprisingly printed with three portraits of his intellectual pinup, the author Alain de Botton. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But then there is Styles, cheerily gung ho , hidden behind a festive yellow bandana mask and a sweatshirt of his own design, surprisingly printed with three portraits of his intellectual pinup, the author Alain de Botton. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Casterline urged his client to jump on the next flight, but Adams \u2014 who was always gung ho for football \u2014 was suddenly hesitant. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021"
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"The first one is just to get the gunk off, all of the edge control and that stuff. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
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"Most Popular Car Detailing Tool on Amazon Get the gunk from tight spaces with this car detailing tool. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 6 May 2022",
"Coffee gunk can make your coffee taste bitter, rendering that Premium Roast undrinkable! \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, pre-rinse anything that has more than a modest rooster tail of grit on it; just one or two hand soaks and rinses is enough to get most of the gunk out. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
"Then there\u2019s the task of converting a pond of green gunk into fuel, a design problem that engineers, chemists and other scientists are still trying to perfect. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
"Clean electronic gadgets often, because an accumulation of dust or gunk can affect the performance of the device. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Toe jam, the gunk and debris between your toes, even made it into a Beatles song. \u2014 Caroline Robinson And Luke Donnan, CNN , 1 May 2022"
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"Chinese archers attached bamboo tubes stuffed with gunpowder to their arrows, which were ignited when launched. \u2014 Paul Sillers, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Other outfits include Captain Picard\u2019s uniform worn by Patrick Stewart, a Borg costume and the rubber suit inhabited by the brutal alien Gorn, who battled Captain Kirk until Kirk \u2018invented\u2019 gunpowder . \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Cortese\u2019s bill would have banned the use of guns and blank ammunition containing gunpowder or other explosive charges from film sets, with some exceptions. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
"An explosive device filled with gunpowder , ball bearings and metal arrowheads was discovered in the car of a man who had fallen asleep in his vehicle in a Northeast Side neighborhood, according to the San Antonio Police Department. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 12 May 2022",
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"When a trigger is pulled, the primer ignites the gunpowder , shooting the bullet through the barrel of a gun... \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Some of the world's greatest discoveries were accidental, such as penicillin, plastic and gunpowder . \u2014 Nuala Walsh, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"By the 10th century, the technology had spread to China, with Chinese soldiers packing gunpowder into ceramic or metal containers with a fuse attached. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022"
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"Authorities across the Valley accused McNeil and Quintero of committing dozens of violent crimes, including car thefts at gunpoint and three separate murders, between June and September 2020. \u2014 Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
"Authorities said Miller held Flores at gunpoint , took some of his property and then shot him in the head. \u2014 Emily Davies, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Police believe the shooting happened after McKnight, a temporary hire at the facility, robbed two co-workers at gunpoint during an overnight shift, and was then confronted about the robbery, Rompa said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 25 June 2022",
"In May 2002, Lewis was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aggravated robbery for stealing $1,300 from a man at gunpoint in North Little Rock. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
"Owners were being held at gunpoint and robbed of all their day\u2019s cash. \u2014 Curtis Chin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"In January, a candidate for the D.C. Council, Nate Fleming, was carjacked at gunpoint . \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Del Toro said the men allegedly held the victim at gunpoint as well as with a knife and threatened his life. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"In January, a candidate for the D.C. Council, Nate Fleming, was carjacked at gunpoint . \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 19 June 2022"
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"In the early 2000s, the Danes twice dispatched frigates with soldiers to the island, in what Robert Huebert, a political scientist at the University of Calgary, called an example of gunboat diplomacy . \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Through gunboat diplomacy , France forced Haiti to agree to an enormous indemnity in exchange for recognition. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 11 Jan. 2022",
"On May 5, the day before the elections, Johnson staged an amateur reenactors\u2019 version of nineteenth-century gunboat diplomacy . \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
"The result is that Mr. Erdo\u011fan is the latest exemplar of the effectiveness of gunboat diplomacy , even as traditional military players withdraw from the field. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Nov. 2020",
"In the 18th century, imperial Britain was able to practice gunboat diplomacy across Africa and the Indian subcontinent, taking direct administrative control of vast swaths of the world. \u2014 Parag Khanna, Quartz , 16 Dec. 2019",
"Whether this was a way of proving his commitment or a less-than-subtle suggestion of gunboat diplomacy , the ploy worked. \u2014 Yoni Wilkenfeld, Quartz , 6 Nov. 2019",
"The only alternative would be a world where all states are truly on an equal footing, and that went out the window with gunboat diplomacy , with systematic looting of the developing world through debt, with colonization, with the slave trade itself. \u2014 Dana Snitzky, Longreads , 20 Feb. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The director Rian Johnson tweeted in support of using visual effects to illustrate gunplay in his films. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 17 Feb. 2022",
"These were serious holdups, with gunplay , corpses sieved with bullets, and explosives to blow a path to the cache of goods, which wasn\u2019t always as rich as the robbers had expected. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
"But gunplay isn\u2019t seen as an immediate threat; rather, it is viewed as a foundational part of entertainment. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 17 Feb. 2022",
"As if the pressures of an ever-escalating environmental crisis weren\u2019t enough, the protagonists (who are Muslim) also have cause for alarm in nationwide sectarian violence, with arson, looting, gunplay and more edging closer to their door. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 28 Jan. 2022",
"That way, every firefight is a free-flowing battle of gunplay and positioning, since everyone moves at roughly the same speed. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Infinite follows the series' core tenets of providing excellent first-person gunplay , third-person driving, and a slew of familiar military and alien weapons. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Some action movies have elaborate effects, some have martial arts, some have gunplay , but The Matrix would have to have all of the above. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Vulture , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The trailer features breathtaking vistas along with big drama, from houses burning and territorial battles to Wild West gunplay . \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 8 Nov. 2021"
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"There are graves for 35 Navy sailors killed in the boiler explosion aboard the gunboat Bennington in 1905. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The flotilla included an even older ship, a former Russian gunboat named the Politkofsky reduced into a coal barge. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Despite the arrangements with the government and SPLA leaders, who were observing a cease-fire at the time, the expedition suffered a close call with a government gunboat in the flatwater of Sudan. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
"The Jersey gunboat stunt was necessary because the Garden of Eden promised by Johnson has already become a dense jungle of bureaucratic tedium. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
"One Union gunboat , the USS Amanda, was grounded on the west point of Dog Island across St. George Sound near Apalachicola. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Not only can Neptune batteries strike farther and harder than any gunboat can do\u2014they\u2019re unsinkable, too. Follow me on Twitter. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"In summer 1906 a Royal Navy torpedo gunboat , HMS Spanker, was steaming off the west coast of Scotland. \u2014 Richard Davenport-hines, WSJ , 21 Aug. 2020",
"The sailors on the gunboats undertook a last-minute mission without proper training or equipment and were captured after straying into the waters surrounding an Iranian naval base on Farsi Island. \u2014 T. Christian Miller, ProPublica , 17 Jan. 2020"
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"The weight of that many passengers caused rising waves to lap at the tops of the gunwale \u2014 the lone protector against catastrophic swamping. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Oct. 2021",
"But if the cormorants are being hunted, what explains the presence on each boat of an unperturbed bird perched on the gunwale ",
"On a recent visit, shipwright Matteo Tamassia, whose gondolas can take a month or more to construct, discussed an improvement to the gunwale with a fellow boat-maker who dropped by. \u2014 Avedis Hadjian, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 June 2021",
"Drill and screw the snap studs onto the inboard side of the gunwale . \u2014 Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream , 18 Feb. 2021",
"The man in short sleeves bent over the Lazora\u2019s starboard gunwale and vomited red fluid. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2021",
"Some boats can\u2019t be fitted with rod holder mounts that fit flush against a gunwale or transom. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 26 Feb. 2020",
"At this point another boat glided by, its gunwales lined with tourists staring into the cameras. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Near the bow Marina Antonopoulou, with Emirates Nature-World Wildlife Fund, perches on the gunwale . \u2014 Craig Welch, National Geographic , 20 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His arms were wrapped around it and its small occupant, the child cradled in a padded nest formed out of a bright, multicolored blanket, a stark contrast with the drab, greasy gunmetal of the flight deck. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal . \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Pick a stunning gunmetal like this Lights Lacquer shade for a fun spin on your traditional black polish. \u2014 Vanessa Paredes, Redbook , 16 Dec. 2019",
"The Carousel pendant\u2019s ring of gunmetal or brass cylinders is tipped with opal glass diffusers. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2019",
"According to Shape, Lopez owns these Beyond Yoga leggings in three different shades, including black gunmetal , sandstone gold speckle, and blush rose gold. \u2014 Braelyn Wood, Health.com , 16 Oct. 2019",
"There were gunmetal smoky eyes, purple lips, and glittery green shadows. \u2014 Shalwah Evans, Essence , 23 Sep. 2019",
"It's less jarring than a plain white eyeshadow and more exciting and versatile than a simple gunmetal . \u2014 Michelle Li, Teen Vogue , 6 June 2019",
"In the music video for the song, metallic gunmetal and asphalt pigments were blended all over his lids. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 15 Mar. 2019"
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"a gun battle between gang members and the police",
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"Verb",
"She let the car coast down the hill, then gunned it.",
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"The new gun legislation restricts people from carrying handguns in public by prohibiting them in locations including schools, libraries and parks. \u2014 Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Pratt is James Reece, an ultra-elite SEAL with a gun garage and an axe collection. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"In other words, the reduction in violent deaths simply cannot be attributed to Bolsonaro\u2019s gun policies. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 1 July 2022",
"Hochul, in introducing the legislation on Wednesday, said this measure is meant to cut down on gun thefts from cars. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 1 July 2022",
"New York will be the first of six states directly affected by the gun ruling to pass a new law restricting the carrying of guns. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"New York will be the first of six states directly affected by the gun ruling to pass a new law restricting the carrying of guns. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Shortly after Da Candy Shop opened, the Stockton Planning Commission considered shutting down due to drug and gun -related arrests at and near the club. \u2014 Max Bell, SPIN , 1 July 2022",
"More:Milwaukee officials encourage residents to pick up free gun locks. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
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"Ruth had manipulated Javi into showing up for a meeting at Shaw\u2019s office, only to gun him down in retaliation for Javi killing Ruth\u2019s cousin Wyatt. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 June 2022",
"According to a Washington Post analysis, there have been only two instances two decades where a school resource officer was able to gun down an active shooter. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 June 2022",
"Early reports indicate at least one such weapon possibly was used to gun down students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down African American patrons. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 25 May 2022",
"Moore chose to gun the unarmed man down, then run away, the prosecutor said. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 4 May 2022",
"Kurt has Harrison running through the snow and is just about to gun him down when Dexter/Jim revs toward him, sending him running off instead. \u2014 Kelly Mcclure, Vulture , 28 Dec. 2021",
"But days later, authorities say the teen used the weapon to gun down his classmates at Oxford High School. \u2014 Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger challenged Rittenhouse's right to gun down the two victims that night. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meat striped from their bones brings $9 a gunnysack to natives. \u2014 Bob Brister, Field & Stream , 12 Nov. 2020",
"The bass angler tends to be competitive, the saltwater fisherman is always looking for the full gunnysack , or maybe that trophy marlin. \u2014 Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com , 5 Mar. 2018",
"In 2007, the bodies of Manoj and Babli, lovers from the same village and the same gohtra\u2014believed to be descendants of a common ancestor\u2014were found in gunnysacks dumped in a canal not far from Kakheri. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 22 Dec. 2017",
"But instead of bagging his finds in bottles and gunnysacks , Venter is capturing their DNA on filter paper and shipping it to be sequenced and analyzed at his headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. \u2014 James Shreeve, WIRED , 1 Aug. 2004"
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"We heard gunfire in the distance.",
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"Introducing the sound of gunfire and having people close to the bison was meant to nudge the massive animals back to the adjacent forest where they legally could be hunted. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"The wails of sirens, pops of gunfire , and thrums of electronic music in Cyberpunk 2077's Night City all melt together into a sonic tapestry to pull you into the game with an unparalleled level of immersion. \u2014 Jaina Grey, Wired , 26 June 2022",
"Introducing the sound of gunfire and having people close to the bison was meant to nudge the massive animals back to the adjacent forest where they legally could be hunted. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"By 1990, the sound of gunfire was common in Wells-Goodfellow. \u2014 Chris Pomorski, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
"There have been 145 incidents and 44 victims of gunfire in 2022, up from 65 incidents and 20 victims at this time in 2021 in the city, Spagnolo said. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"Officers arrived in the 1300 block of Lakeside Avenue around 4 a.m. Sunday after a report of gunfire and found the 40-year-old unresponsive and suffering from gunshot wounds. \u2014 Ashley Barrientos, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Critically, the aural analysis of the gunfire suggested that all 16 bullets were fired from the approximate location of the Israeli vehicle. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"McManus said gunfire from the unknown suspect struck a total of seven people including five men in their 20s to early 40s and two women. \u2014 Fox News , 19 June 2022"
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"Scents of lemon verbena, fresh-cut grass, gunflint and peonies will keep you swirling and sniffing for a good long time. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"The gunflint was discovered nestled into the cellar stairs, right below the window where Eliza Parker sounded her alarm. \u2014 James Delle, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Apple, pear, honey, lemon and spice join signature notes of gunflint in this clean and delightful wine. \u2014 Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2018",
"Gunflints , coins, and glass beads found at the site almost certainly came from the newer English settlement. \u2014 Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian , 7 Apr. 2017"
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"There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.",
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"Authorities said officers arrived at the facility within 10 minutes of getting the first call, engaged the suspect in a gunfight and killed him. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
"After luring a mad-as-hell Royal into a gunfight down a Wyoming highway, Billy, with Autumn in the passenger seat, took a bullet to the neck. \u2014 Hunter Ingram, Variety , 6 May 2022",
"Dumas, Arkansas \u2014 One man was killed and 27 people were wounded when two people got into a gunfight during a car show that's part of an annual community event in a small southeast Arkansas town, authorities said Sunday. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Police said two men got into a gunfight in an outdoor corridor near the Ann Taylor and Nordstrom stores. \u2014 Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
"What happened: Three men flew in from Texas after arranging a marijuana deal, showed up at the house and got into a gunfight over the tubs of pot inside, sources said. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Police believe that shortly after 5 a.m. Mire got into a gunfight with a Louisiana State Police Trooper who attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the blue Chevrolet Silverado in East Baton Rouge Parish. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The wacky way Brian combats the near-lethal violence Eddie inflicts on him also feels jarringly out of place, like someone bringing slapstick to a gunfight . \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"In September, an officer killed a man in a gunfight at the end of a pursuit. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022"
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"Outside are fields, landscaped lawns, mature trees, a gunite pool, a three-car garage, a four-\u200bbedroom cottage, an art studio, and views of the Taconic Mountains. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 15 May 2022",
"Superior suction allows for effective debris clean up, while its heavy-duty track system can traverse just about any pool surface type, including gunite , tile, vinyl, and fiberglass. \u2014 Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
"Before work could commence, 600 tons of gunite were poured to reinforce the foundation. \u2014 Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Among the home\u2019s features is a bedroom/workout room with French doors to the pool/patio area and a 16 x 32 oval shaped gunite pool. \u2014 Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Natural pools can be made of a rubber membrane or gunite , and pool sides may be lined with river rock or special sand bags. \u2014 Karen Bruno, WSJ , 23 June 2021",
"The house also comes with a games room, several recreation rooms while the outdoor grounds have a gunite pool, pond, tennis and basketball courts and separate guest house. \u2014 Amy Dobson, Forbes , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Nestled at the base of the San Jacinto mountains, the home offers panoramic views of the surrounding landscape that can be spotted from inside the gorgeous gunite pool. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 15 Dec. 2020",
"The home features sleek white curved walls made of steel and gunite , a material typically used for swimming pools. \u2014 James Leggate, Fox News , 2 Oct. 2020"
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"from Gunite , a trademark":""
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But gun control laws are still getting weaker \u2014 the rare exception being the bipartisan bill President Biden just signed. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Thursday\u2019s ruling establishes a new framework for determining the constitutionality of gun control laws. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Read more from FiveThirtyEight's Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux on what the Supreme Court's ruling means for gun control laws in the U.S. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
"Duchess Meghan is supporting those who are fighting for better gun control laws. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"In the meantime, lower courts generally sustained gun control laws. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Still, many experts insist that gun control laws are needed\u2014and wanted\u2014in Canada. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 12 June 2022",
"Kimberly Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter, Lexi, was killed during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, pleaded with members of Congress on Wednesday to enact new gun control laws, using her own fresh pain to demand action. \u2014 Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Seventy percent of Americans support red flag laws, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, and more than half of Americans support stronger gun control laws in general. \u2014 Abby Vesoulis, Time , 3 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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"They were shot by an unknown gunman .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On May 24, 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, were killed by a gunman in their Robb Elementary School classrooms. \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 29 June 2022",
"The gunman in the killing of two El Monte police officers was on probation for a gun charge, sources say. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"For example, the gunman in the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting carried out an attack despite New York having some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"One man, a comedian, has been falsely named as the gunman in several mass killings, including a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., in 2015. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The gunman in the Buffalo shooting was wearing military-style clothing, body armor and a helmet and was armed with a high-powered rifle. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
"Eliahna was among the 19 students and two teachers who were massacred by a gunman in their adjoining elementary school classrooms on May 24. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Salvador Ramos, the gunman in the Uvalde shooting, legally purchased two assault-style rifles days after his 18th birthday, but only brought a Daniel Defense DDM V7 rifle into the school. \u2014 Anna Kaplan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"The gunman in Tulsa targeted an orthopedic surgeon who operated on his back, blaming him for persistent back pain, authorities said. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When one of them is struck the glass receptacle is broken and the acids, flowing into a chamber containing chemicals, set up an action that explodes the guncotton . \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"Inside the home, located in the Fairfield Plantation golf and lake community, the responding officers found Judith Staley suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 1 July 2022",
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"His team found plenty of letters smeared with teeny-bopper lipstick, now a half century old, but also a poignant letter from a machine- gunner in Vietnam who had lost three friends in combat. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"His team found plenty of letters smeared with teeny-bopper lipstick, now a half century old, but also a poignant letter from a machine- gunner in Vietnam who had lost three friends in combat. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
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"Oweh also flew down the field as a starting gunner on the punt team, not your typical assignment for a 6-foot-5, 251-pound man. \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Drueke\u2019s mom, Lois, said her son served two tours in Iraq, the last as a lead gunner in Baghdad in 2008-09. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Although hardly a teenager, Hatch\u2019s hair began turning white shortly after learning about the death of Jesse Hatch, a nose gunner in a B-24 that was shot down in 1945 over Austria. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"With the Chiefs leading the Raiders 27-14 in the third quarter, Townsend caught Vegas sleeping and threw a dart to his left side gunner Marcus Kemp for a 17-yard gain and a first down that kept the chains moving. \u2014 Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The Rams used star receiver Cooper Kupp as the punt returner \u2014 and fans held their breath every time the ball descended toward him, fearing he would be injured by an opposing special teams gunner . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"In fact, his veterinary practice focuses on gundog breeds. \u2014 Brian Lynn, Field & Stream , 21 Sep. 2020",
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"Cost: $3,500 Duckhill Kennels Labradors from Duckhill Kennels A top breeder of British Labrador retrievers, Robert Milner has more than 30 years experience specializing in cooperative, gentle, duck hunting gundogs . \u2014 Nadine Jolie Courtney, Town & Country , 19 Oct. 2016",
"Cost: $3,500 Duckhill Kennels A top breeder of British Labrador retrievers, Robert Milner has more than 30 years experience specializing in cooperative, gentle, duck hunting gundogs . \u2014 Nadine Jolie Courtney, Town & Country , 19 Oct. 2016"
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"The indestructible Clint Eastwood, who boasts of the longest career of any major Hollywood star in history, hit it big in 1964 but by 1986 was playing a cantankerous old gunnery sergeant in Heartbreak Ridge and ... \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 1 June 2022",
"Bazzi later served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1999 to 2016, rising in rank to gunnery sergeant . \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Kai Binh was a gunnery sergeant in the South Vietnamese Marine Corps who for years fought alongside Americans. \u2014 New York Times , 7 July 2021",
"Moore retired from the Marine Corps at the rank of gunnery sergeant in 1972. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2021",
"There will be honors After 21 years of active and reserve service, Bill Bazzi, 55, of Dearborn Heights retired as a gunnery sergeant in 2016 from the U.S. Marine Corps. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 11 Nov. 2020",
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"On Monday, he was promoted to gunnery sergeant , further adding to his reasons to celebrate this week. Lance Cpl. \u2014 Kate Morrissey, sandiegouniontribune.com , 3 July 2018",
"But that isn't the only way Eunice remembers Chris, a gunnery sergeant who was killed during a 2010 tour of duty in Afghanistan. \u2014 Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver , 25 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other standout features of the home include a library, a gun room and a kitchen. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Other highlights of the main castle include eight reception rooms, six bathrooms, a library, a gun room , a kitchen, and, apparently, a ghost. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Watching the denouement may not surprise readers, who know that a gun room revealed early on will appear again, and that a magnetic leader will probably experience a downfall. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Oregon joins 11 other states in requiring gun owners to store their firearms in a gun room or safe or use a trigger lock when it is not being carried or under their control. \u2014 The Statesman Journal, oregonlive , 27 Sep. 2021",
"There was no doomsday prepper gun room \u2014 what would happen when bullets run out? \u2014 Nellie Bowles, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020",
"With some exceptions, anyone with a gun not in use would have to lock it up with a trigger or cable lock or keep it inside a locked container or a gun room . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2020",
"In the gun room 12 pairs of perfectly worn caramel-colored riding boots on a windowsill. \u2014 David Usborne, Town & Country , 29 May 2018",
"Darius and Tracy get escorted to the house's gun room after professing their appreciation for the NRA. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2018"
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"The competition consisted of aerial gunnery at 12,000 feet and 20,000 feet, skip bombing, rocket firing, panel strafing and dive bombing, according to the Air Force. \u2014 Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The Marines were participating in a routine live-fire training over their gunnery range in the Imperial Valley desert, said Marine Maj. \u2014 Julie Watson, Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"In 1949, the Air Force held the first gunnery competition at what was then Las Vegas Air Force Base, now Nellis Air Force Base. \u2014 Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The 332nd Fighter Group, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen, made history in 1949 as winners of the first Top Gun contest, a gunnery competition that drew top pilots from across the Air Force. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Eberle was flying gunnery exercises in a single-seater fighter plane with B-29 bombers from Randolph. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Mar. 2021",
"Instead, France\u2019s airborne troops were more interested in sound tactics and precision gunnery than the pure majesty of perilously setting off the weapon on the open road. \u2014 Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics , 30 Nov. 2020",
"Built in 1944, this P-47D-30-RA was used primarily as an aerial gunnery trainer in the United States. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Nov. 2020",
"The United Army Air Corps used the area as a bombing and gunnery range from 1942 to 1946. \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, National Geographic , 15 Sep. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That deal was engineered by an Iranian-American gunrunner with ties to the CIA who was not named in the U.S. court documents. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2020",
"Alan O'Neill, known for playing Irish gunrunner Hugh on FX's Sons of Anarchy, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 7 June 2018",
"Mitchum appeared as Eddie Coyle\u2014who also goes by Eddie Fingers\u2014a soon-to-be-incarcerated Boston gunrunner compelled to work with the authorities as a squealer. \u2014 Peter Tonguette, WSJ , 31 July 2017",
"Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA and the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration, was never prosecuted. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Jack Gillum And Jeff Horwitz, kansascity , 21 June 2017",
"Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA and the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration, was never prosecuted. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Jack Gillum And Jeff Horwitz, kansascity , 21 June 2017",
"Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA and the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration, was never prosecuted. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Jack Gillum And Jeff Horwitz, kansascity , 21 June 2017",
"Investigators have followed an array of leads and suspects \u2014 mobsters, Irish gunrunners , local thieves and even a Hollywood screenwriter. \u2014 Mike Corder, The Seattle Times , 27 June 2017",
"Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA and the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration, was never prosecuted. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Jack Gillum And Jeff Horwitz, kansascity.com , 21 June 2017"
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"The template of the gangster and the gun moll was replicated throughout that era and remains a cultural touchstone to this day. \u2014 Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com , 30 July 2021",
"Before Bonnie and Clyde gained fame during the Depression Era, the Whittemores \u2014 and the press who breathlessly covered them \u2014 established the archetype of the seductive bad boy and his loyal gun moll . \u2014 Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com , 30 July 2021"
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"These can be used either for transport or in a gunship configuration. \u2014 Patrick Galey, NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Among the soldiers involved are pilots flying AH-64 Apache gunship helicopters and their support crews, and about 800 paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, who are based in Vicenza, Italy. \u2014 Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"An American gunship was circling over the city, firing off shimmering flares. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
"In 2015, Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, former head of Air Force Special Operations Command, had stated the goal of testing a high energy laser on an AC-130J gunship by the close of the decade. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"In a nearby village, a gunship struck down three children. \u2014 Anand Gopal, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Abdul Rahman, a farmer, was rooting through the refuse with his young son when an Afghan Army gunship appeared on the horizon. \u2014 Anand Gopal, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"The gunship fired, and villagers began falling right and left. \u2014 Anand Gopal, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"The insurgents captured a defunct helicopter gunship . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Aug. 2021"
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": one who is noted for fast handling of a gun especially in gunfights":[]
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": a short-tailed northern African rodent ( Ctenodactylus gundi ) about eight inches long that with a few related African forms comprises the family Ctenodactylidae \u2014 see comb rat":[]
"river 150 miles (241 kilometers) long in west central Colorado flowing west and northwest into the Colorado River \u2014 see black canyon sense 2":[]
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": to fake or falsify especially by writing up (as a series of official reports) as if meeting requirements but actually without having carried out the required procedures":[]
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": a block-and-tackle arrangement formerly used for running a gun carriage to and from a gun part or raising or lowering a gun \u2014 see guntackle purchase":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": debased coins issued by James II in Ireland in 1689 and made partly of metal from old cannon":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011726"
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"noun"
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": cannonball sense 1":[],
": a roundel sable : ogress , pellet":[]
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": the stock to which the barrel and mechanism of a firearm are secured":[]
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": a shallow cove or channel nearly unnavigable because of mud, rocks, or vegetation":[]
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"noun"
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": the upper edge of a ship's or boat's side":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Selwood sprung up on the gunnel at the bow of the boat to avoid the thrashing shark and steadied himself by clinging to the tubular metal frame of the sun shelter, known as a bimini. \u2014 Rod Mcguirk, chicagotribune.com , 29 May 2017"
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the total weight of metal that can be thrown by the major battery of a battleship in one broadside":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064419"
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"noun"
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": the production of rapid fluctuations of current when the voltage applied to a semiconductor device exceeds a critical value with the result that microwave power is generated":[]
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"definitions":{
": a fixed part of a gun mount on the upper surface of which the recoiling part travels":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": sling sense 3a (1)":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110117"
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"type":[
"biographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Gunnar 1889\u20131975 Icelandic writer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259-n\u0259r-s\u0259n"
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"gun motor carriage":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a vehicle on which a gun is mounted":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132839"
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"Gunnar":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the king of the Nibelungs and husband of Brynhild in Norse mythology":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259r",
"\u02c8gu\u0307-\u02ccn\u00e4r",
"\u02c8g\u00fc-"
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"Old Norse Gunnarr":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134407"
},
"gun mount":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a structure that supports a gun":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142702"
},
"gunslinger":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person noted for speed and skill in handling and shooting a gun especially in the American West":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259n-\u02ccsli\u014b-\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"a gunslinger in the Wild West",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When big-city reporter Annabelle Angel arrives in town and becomes a target, notorious gunslinger Jericho Ford comes to her aid. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 June 2022",
"The notorious gunslinger had been a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War before turning to robbing banks and trains. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The 6-3, 226-pound gunslinger has the live arm and impressive touch of an early draft pick. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
"At times, like a gunslinger , she is challenged to arm wrestle by those out to prove themselves. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Expect a blitz-happy Cardinals defense \u2013 further bolstered by J.J. Watt\u2019s return from injury \u2013 to capitalize against a gunslinger who threw seven interceptions across his last three weeks. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 17 Jan. 2022",
"But Olyphant\u2019s radiating charisma and ease at playing a Wild West gunslinger are on full display in both the cold open and the later showdown with Cad. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Not to mention, Disney already has a noble gunslinger in The Mandalorian - one would assume that Boba Fett would be significantly edgier, simply for the sake of narrative diversity. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Stafford couldn't do what Stetson Bennett IV managed at the college level, but the Rams gunslinger could become the first former Dawgs QB to win the Super Bowl. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145845"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the shooting of a gun especially in a gunfight":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259n-\u02ccsli\u014b-i\u014b"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Sisters Brothers \u2013 Eli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"Even in scenes riffing on the \u201990s action movies that made Cage a household name\u2014all shoot-outs, car chases, and gunslinging standoffs\u2014Cage and Pascal are magnetic to watch for their earnestness. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Then, on December 3, the prequel finally gave us a real look at what awaits on the road ahead, with a full trailer packed with gunslinging , tensions on the trail, and plenty of family drama. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The Capulets definitely have that kind of gunslinging , gangster, low-hipped, cowboy-boots kind of vibe. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Brett Favre had the gunslinging arm and the legendary iron man streak. \u2014 Josh Weir, USA TODAY , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Brett Favre had the gunslinging arm and the legendary iron man streak. \u2014 Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Over the centuries, the methods got slightly more refined, but vaccinology largely maintained this culture of empirical gunslinging . \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 10 Nov. 2020",
"But the Pelicans, particularly in the gunslinging West, are in desperate need of shooting, and it\u2018s hard to imagine Allen doing much to move the needle. \u2014 Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com , 12 Sep. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163016"
},
"gunsman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": gunman sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259nzm\u0259n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"gun's (genitive of gun entry 1 ) + man":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-174116"
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"gunsmith":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who designs, makes, or repairs small firearms":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259n-\u02ccsmith"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Around 1780 a Tyrolean gunsmith named Bartolomeo Girandoni developed a rugged air rifle that was soon adopted by the Austrian military. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"French hunting rifle created by renowned French gunsmith genre page at the Dawn of the 19th century. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"The space includes 15 shooting lanes, a virtual shooting range, a private gunsmith , a full-service lounge featuring a full bar and kitchen, a walk-up coffee bar, and over 3,000 square feet of retail. \u2014 Brin Snelling, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Three of those items are a gunsmith screwdriver set, a Lyman hammer and punch set, and two gun cleaning mats. \u2014 Larry J. Leblanc, Chron , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Von Dutch was the pseudonym of Kenny Howard, an American motorcycle mechanic, artist, pinstriper, gunsmith , and, as revealed by one of his letters, a racist and a Nazi. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Faur\u00e9 Le Page quickly became the master gunsmith to Kings and Princes. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"As a master gunsmith , Faur\u00e9 Le Page is a master in the art of leather craft. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Creamer\u2019s hand engraving is among the finest to be seen, especially when considering work done by a gunsmith located on the frontier in early 19th-century America. \u2014 David Buie, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 26 Sep. 2021"
