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The mother called for her husband, who entered the living room, after which McIsaac forced the family to sit on the floor at gunpoint.
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Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Between May 9 and May 21, 2024, Brownlee robbed five cash stores at gunpoint in Grapevine, Hurst, Euless, Grand Prairie and Fort Worth, according to evidence presented at trial.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
And on April 25, 2022, Guevara-Espinoza and two other accomplices took another person’s car at gunpoint in Daly City, according to prosecutors.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Five men were recently sentenced in an intricate conspiracy to rob mail carriers in Virginia at gunpoint, federal prosecutors said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Between May 9 and May 21, 2024, Brownlee robbed five cash stores at gunpoint in Grapevine, Hurst, Euless, Grand Prairie and Fort Worth, according to evidence presented at trial.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
And on April 25, 2022, Guevara-Espinoza and two other accomplices took another person’s car at gunpoint in Daly City, according to prosecutors.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Five men were recently sentenced in an intricate conspiracy to rob mail carriers in Virginia at gunpoint, federal prosecutors said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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