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Recent Examples of assault rifle
But after their hitman was arrested near her house on July 28, 2022, with an assault rifle and a ski mask, the Iranians wanted it back.
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Karl Vick, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Also, a duel between a soldier with an assault rifle and a drone with a shotgun could go either way.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The group is accused of shipping than 300 weapons, including Glock pistols and AR-15 assault rifles.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Police say some of the gangs involved in the ongoing insurgency have also managed to acquire a fresh batch of assault rifles since late February.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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Karl Vick, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Also, a duel between a soldier with an assault rifle and a drone with a shotgun could go either way.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The group is accused of shipping than 300 weapons, including Glock pistols and AR-15 assault rifles.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Police say some of the gangs involved in the ongoing insurgency have also managed to acquire a fresh batch of assault rifles since late February.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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That is when firearm sellers in California began offering unfinished receivers for the AR-15 and AK-47 series of guns, in an attempt to circumvent the state’s assault weapons laws, according to T. Christian Heyne of Brady, a gun violence prevention organization.—
Annie Karni,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Jean Robert Casimir, 52, who once served on the security team of a former Haiti National Police chief, was arrested in December after U.S. investigators traced two semi-automatic AR-15 assault weapons back to him.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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The shootings, one of which involved a machine gun, were carried out by Peña and co-defendants Demetrio Trujillo, 43, and his son, Jose Trujillo, 24, according to federal prosecutors.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The weapons charges included allegations that Peña fired a machine gun in relation to a crime of violence.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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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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Rust's grandson, Lucas (portrayed by 15-year-old Patrick Scott McDermott) is also seen carrying a rifle several times in the teaser.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Two high-level investigations found Oswald fired three shots from a sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository using an Italian Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5-millimeter rifle.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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