Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun (for)
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The caskets were displayed in front of a large banner that showed a caricature replicating antisemitic tropes of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with vampiric teeth and blood running down his face.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025 -
The dress featured long sleeves with buttons running down the front placket off the side.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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The dismissals come less than three weeks after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people and brought new scrutiny to air traffic controllers and their workloads.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Train hoppers can and do get injured or even killed.—
Manuela López Restrepo,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2025
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Farmhouse serves a phenomenal in-room three-course dinner, which guests can pre-order and have delivered (coursed out) at whatever time suits their schedule.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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Fear, helplessness, relief, and elation had coursed through us and, with the storm, left us, weak and spent.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
30 Jan. 2025
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Zelenskyy trailed on 16%, with former President Petro Poroshenko on 7%.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Her 63 victories in slalom would trail only Lindsey Vonn's 82 total titles.—
Zack Pierce,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Investigators were pursuing about 3,200 active complaints of racial discrimination, including unfair discipline and racial harassment.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
21 Feb. 2025
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Yet Hal’s shenanigans, pursued in the company of Sir John Falstaff (Jay O. Sanders), that poor man’s bon vivant, mask aspirations of greatness.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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Use this interactive map to track snowfall accumulation Wednesday This winter storm brought fluffy snow in some places, but wet snow in others.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Investigators tracked Simpson's unusual behavior in the days after his wife vanished, including shutting down his phone, driving with suspicious items in the bed of his truck, going to a dump site and cleaning his truck at a car wash.—
Mollie Markowitz,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Gun (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun%20%28for%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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