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Recent Examples of carbine
His face marked by the scars where two 30 caliber carbine slugs blasted half of his face away, former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser points to a section along a lonely blacktop road where he and his wife Pauline were ambushed in 1967.
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CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
These are the victims of the Nashville school shooting The AR-15 and 9 mm pistol caliber carbine appear to have 30-round magazines, according to experts who reviewed photos and video released by police.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
The shooter was armed with a Hi-Point .45-caliber carbine long gun.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
Kim presented Putin with a carbine made by Korean craftsmen and other gifts, the Kremlin spokesman said.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
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CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
These are the victims of the Nashville school shooting The AR-15 and 9 mm pistol caliber carbine appear to have 30-round magazines, according to experts who reviewed photos and video released by police.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
The shooter was armed with a Hi-Point .45-caliber carbine long gun.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
Kim presented Putin with a carbine made by Korean craftsmen and other gifts, the Kremlin spokesman said.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbine
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Investigators were able to obtain pictures from a neighbor that showed Cook walking through woods carrying a rifle.Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Judge Andy Porter denied the suppression motion, and the jury viewed and listened to the complete interview, in which Nixon-Clark admitted firing the Kriss Vector rifle once outside the house.Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
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For firearm enthusiasts, the venerable Italian gunmaker Beretta (one of SCI’s longest running partners) will be showcasing a one-of-a-kind shotgun at its booth that is part of a global auction ending at the end of January.Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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The alleged auto thief had a 12-gauge shotgun, ammunition and marijuana in that vehicle when he was pulled over by authorities in Clare County Sunday, according to MLive.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Sassenach’s survival is an important development, given that Mrs. Fraser ended the previous episode with a musket ball in her liver and an alarming amount of her blood on the ground.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Jan. 2025
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In recent decades, however, the military has also been polluting the home front, most notably with a toxic chemical never heard of in the era of muskets and drums: PFAS.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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Brown said he was armed with an AK-47 and Carter was carrying a 12-gauge shotgun.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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In the July attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Penn., the would-be assassin, armed with an AK-47, was killed by a member of Trump’s security detail.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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With four Hotchkiss machine guns mounted on a bluff overlooking the camp, the troops demanded the tribe forfeit its weapons.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
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In the final episode of season two, Gi-hun and a group of brave players staged a rebellion against the pink guards, stealing their machine guns and setting course for the control room.Glamour, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2024
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My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
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Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
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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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Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
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“Carbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbine. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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