gun (for)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun (for)
Verb
  • The trend over the past two years of the relative strength of shipments compared to the weakness of new orders, unfilled orders, and inventories appears to indicate that companies have been burning off their backlogs and running down work-in-progress inventories.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Listen to this article About a dozen other hikers were nearby Sunday morning when a young man running down the popular Cowles Mountain trail in San Carlos stopped and fired a gun at a group of young men holding rocks who were chasing him and his female companion, according to a witness.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Rick kills one of the security men, as Chelsea is shot in the chest.
    Colleen Kratofil, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Then in the third period, once again killing a penalty with the Canadiens clinging to a 2-1 lead, and just after Sam Montembeault made a series of saves on Sean Couturier to maintain that lead, Suzuki added to it with the winning goal.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • This is ample time to complete an audit as well as to course correct if the audit firm has not produced at least an initial draft within 2 months.
    Anthony Segrich, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The euphoria courses through my body as the blood drips down my legs.
    Andy Collinson, Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • All three teams trailed the standard set by the 2001-02 team that forged a 15-1 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference en route to claiming the program’s first — and only — national championship.
    Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Dodgers trailed at some point during four of their first five victories.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But the Trump administration has repeatedly criticized foreign aid as wasteful and accused agencies like USAID of pursuing political agendas.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Adams insisted the case was politically motivated and was pursued in retaliation for his criticism of President Joe Biden's immigration policies.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • From there, New York City sleuths tracked the cord brand to a local wholesaler, who had records of selling a quantity of it to a Manhattan upholsterer the day before the murder.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Guido Vianello Fight Card Results Microsoft Warns 240 Million Windows Users—Stop Using Your PC ‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Saturday, April 5 Price-Fundamentals Gap JPMorgan analysts have been tracking Tesla’s price-fundamentals gap for over a decade.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Gun (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun%20%28for%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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