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Jennifer, a 23-year-old Honduran woman who asked to be identified only by her first name, said that her daughters, ages 4 and 5, were traumatized after being held at gunpoint for four hours in a livestock pen.
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Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
Detectives arrested Warren again three weeks later on suspicion of robbing an elderly couple at gunpoint.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The first robbery was committed at gunpoint in Bridgeview, Illinois, in July 2023.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
In his guilty plea, Dewitt acknowledged committing a carjacking at gunpoint on March 1, 2021, taking the wheel of a 2011 Ford F-350 in Simpsonville and driving it into Louisville.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
Detectives arrested Warren again three weeks later on suspicion of robbing an elderly couple at gunpoint.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The first robbery was committed at gunpoint in Bridgeview, Illinois, in July 2023.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
In his guilty plea, Dewitt acknowledged committing a carjacking at gunpoint on March 1, 2021, taking the wheel of a 2011 Ford F-350 in Simpsonville and driving it into Louisville.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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