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Recent Examples of assault rifle
Officers carrying assault rifles can be seen along the edge of a crowd of students evacuated from a building on campus.
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Graham Hurley, Aaron Fisher and Katherine Jennings, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
Brazil raids homes of arms smugglers SAO PAULO -- Brazil's federal police on Thursday raided the homes of smugglers who brought in 2,000 assault rifles from Miami to supply a criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The Sumter County Sheriff's office alleges that Arthur Leonard, 80, walked into his neighbors' house with an assault rifle on the night of April 16 and began firing at the 10 or 11 people inside the dwelling at that time.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In one raid carried out last week at a residential address, Oakman said, KCK police officers seized nearly 1,500 grams of marijuana and cocaine, along with 48 ecstasy and methamphetamine pills, 15 assault rifles and about $5,230 in cash.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
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Graham Hurley, Aaron Fisher and Katherine Jennings, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
Brazil raids homes of arms smugglers SAO PAULO -- Brazil's federal police on Thursday raided the homes of smugglers who brought in 2,000 assault rifles from Miami to supply a criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The Sumter County Sheriff's office alleges that Arthur Leonard, 80, walked into his neighbors' house with an assault rifle on the night of April 16 and began firing at the 10 or 11 people inside the dwelling at that time.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In one raid carried out last week at a residential address, Oakman said, KCK police officers seized nearly 1,500 grams of marijuana and cocaine, along with 48 ecstasy and methamphetamine pills, 15 assault rifles and about $5,230 in cash.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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For more than a decade, the justices have turned away gun-rights appeals that challenged local or state bans on assault weapons.—
David G. Savage,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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The shooter was armed with an AR-15, one of the firearms commonly referred to as an assault weapon.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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This conflict, ensnared in trench warfare, is reminiscent of the battlefields of Europe in World War I, where the machine gun and tank notably became revolutions in military affairs; the small drone is this generation’s change to modern warfare.—
Bill Edwards,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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Their daughter competed for Puerto Rico in rifle shooting at the Olympics in 2016, 2021 and 2024.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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The man said he was armed with an AK-47 rifle and three magazines, a handgun and one pound of C-4 explosives strapped to his chest.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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