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only the best marksmen can hit the bull's-eye at 500 feet
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However, even Booth has acknowledged the precarious balance that can exist with three low-percentage marksmen in a nine-man rotation.
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
Finally, Costner’s own character, Hayes Ellison, having proved his mettle as a marksman in a fateful gunfight last episode, has ended up breaking horses at a trading post somewhere that’s not Horizon.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
The roof where the person lay was less than 150 meters (164 yards) from where Trump was speaking, a distance from which a decent marksman could reasonably hit a human-sized target.
—Michael Balsamo, Fortune, 14 July 2024
The shooting team operates under the USMC Weapons Training Battalion, which is based at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia and made up of the best marksmen and markswomen in the entire Marine Corps roster.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
Finally, Costner’s own character, Hayes Ellison, having proved his mettle as a marksman in a fateful gunfight last episode, has ended up breaking horses at a trading post somewhere that’s not Horizon.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
The roof where the person lay was less than 150 meters (164 yards) from where Trump was speaking, a distance from which a decent marksman could reasonably hit a human-sized target.
—Michael Balsamo, Fortune, 14 July 2024
The shooting team operates under the USMC Weapons Training Battalion, which is based at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia and made up of the best marksmen and markswomen in the entire Marine Corps roster.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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“Marksman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marksman. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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