: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
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There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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Jabbar — who was shot dead in a gunfight with police — was a U.S.-born citizen who lived in Texas, FBI Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Alethea Duncan said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
Dominique Lamonte Durham Sr., 37, killed in gunfight with off-duty officers
March 24: Off-duty IMPD officers Arturo Barron and Joel Cain were working security at 11:11 Bar & Grille in the 9400 block of East Washington Street at around 1:30 a.m.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Perhaps not coincidentally, by the time the first season ended, Tulsa King had become less of a lighthearted dramedy — about an old-fashioned New York crime boss way out of his element — and more of a conventional crime drama with betrayals, gunfights, and brooding regrets.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Tombstone is the home of maybe the most famous gunfight in the West at the OK Corral, and the lore of that alone is enough to challenge the Grand Canyon for Arizona’s most famous landmark.
—Allyson Reedy, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
Dominique Lamonte Durham Sr., 37, killed in gunfight with off-duty officers
March 24: Off-duty IMPD officers Arturo Barron and Joel Cain were working security at 11:11 Bar & Grille in the 9400 block of East Washington Street at around 1:30 a.m.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Perhaps not coincidentally, by the time the first season ended, Tulsa King had become less of a lighthearted dramedy — about an old-fashioned New York crime boss way out of his element — and more of a conventional crime drama with betrayals, gunfights, and brooding regrets.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Tombstone is the home of maybe the most famous gunfight in the West at the OK Corral, and the lore of that alone is enough to challenge the Grand Canyon for Arizona’s most famous landmark.
—Allyson Reedy, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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