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Recent Examples of gun
Noun
With fear and energy surging through his body, Steven Montano heard a voice screaming at him to stop and saw a gun pointed at him. Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025 During encounters with delivery workers, the man allegedly choked one of them, threatened to shoot another and pulled what is believed to have been a gun on a third, Lt. Darrell McNeal said. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
Verb
In the most dramatic scene of the finale, Masha’s assistant Martin confronts Masha outside in the snow, afraid that Masha is gunning to take over his family’s property and cut him out. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 2 July 2025 The elder Mamdani was an author and academic, and after marrying, the pair moved for his work sporadically before settling in New York City, where their son is now gunning to be the city's leader. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for gun
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun
Noun
  • Weapons of any kind including, but not limited to, firearms and knives.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • Gunfire report leads to drugs Police responding to reports of gunfire at a Gurnee area home did not find any firearms.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The interceptor pilots, adapting air-to-air dogfighting tactics, became expert in taking out Russian drones , denying them the ability to see targets and direct artillery, rockets, missiles and drone strikes.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The ship’s forward artillery turrets remain pointing skyward, which proved to be the wrong direction, historians say.
    Mark Price Updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Another relative said Vang then threatened her and another woman while the two were in a car in the driveway and that his finger was on the trigger of a rifle pointed at the car.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
  • The families have also filed a lawsuit against Daniel Defense, which manufactured the AR-style rifle used in the May 24, 2022, shooting.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 July 2025
Verb
  • Once the first seven vertebrae are drilled, Ross takes over on the left side to drill holes on the same vertebrae on the opposite side of the spinal cord.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
  • However, the noise could be caused by a woodpecker drilling on the gutters or near to one of them.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 21 July 2025

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“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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