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Recent Examples of assault rifle
Booming Counter Drone Shotgun Market Normal assault rifle ammunition is generally ineffective against small, fast drones and is not recommended for the same reason that hunters do not use rifles against flying birds.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
While Hawkeye, Black Widow, and The Punisher all have more traditional weapons like a bow, sniper rifle, and assault rifle, other characters take more liberty with their powers.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
The weapon tiers will remain largely the same, so assault rifles will still stack above SMGs in their effectiveness.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
And five months later, less than three miles from the NSSF’s Connecticut headquarters at the time, another young man, armed with an assault rifle, slaughtered 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, including 20 children.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
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David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
While Hawkeye, Black Widow, and The Punisher all have more traditional weapons like a bow, sniper rifle, and assault rifle, other characters take more liberty with their powers.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
The weapon tiers will remain largely the same, so assault rifles will still stack above SMGs in their effectiveness.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
And five months later, less than three miles from the NSSF’s Connecticut headquarters at the time, another young man, armed with an assault rifle, slaughtered 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, including 20 children.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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The law prohibits the sale, manufacture, possession and purchase of assault-style weapons, assault weapon attachments and .50 caliber cartridges in the state of Illinois.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Amy Coney Barrett Sparks MAGA Fury Over Trump Sentencing Decision For instance, banning assault weapons might reduce casualties in mass shootings directly involving firearms.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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British Navy personnel stationed in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea had seen how fast Arab dhows secretly armed with a three-pounder gun and a machine gun successfully defeated pirates and slave raiders.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Even if machine guns and other military-grade weapons were used by civilians, why apologize for it?—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Angry protesters denounced the brand on TikTok, ultimately leading to bomb threats, a country musician banning sales of the beer on his tour and a Twitter video of Kid Rock firing at cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun.—
Maggie Lange,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
20 Nov. 2024
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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The district office at the Folsom Cordova Unified School District went on lockdown Friday after school officials noticed a person holding what appeared to be a rifle, but the lockdown was lifted after law enforcement found no evidence of a crime, authorities said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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The bloodshed at the hands of a teenager with a semiautomatic rifle spurred unusual activism from surviving students.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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