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Recent Examples of gunrunner
Driving Pa Beck back to his mansion, Reacher takes an odd swerve into family counselor mode, telling the gunrunner that his son deserves to know that the reason he’s been made to suffer these last five years is because, welp, his old man is a gunrunner.
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Cartels and guerrillas in South America are similarly dependent on border-crossing drug smugglers and gunrunners for the tools of their trade.
—Paul J. Angelo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2020
Her father’s work as a gunrunner and pilot led the British authorities to throw him in jail, weeks after Ms. Mehta was born.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
By shuttling weapons to warlords in Liberia and a dictator in Zaïre, among others, Bout became the most notorious gunrunner of the past quarter century.
—Casey Michel, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2017
There are brash foreign fighters and humble food drivers and furtive gunrunners and ancient babushkas knitting camouflage ghillie suits in community gyms.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 23 Feb. 2023
The 53-year-old Bout, a gunrunner, was the inspiration behind Nicholas Cage’s character in the 2005 film ‘‘Lord of War’’ and was on the radar of Western intelligence agencies for years before a 2008 Drug Enforcement Administration operation led to his capture.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2020
Before World War II, Crabb had a number of exotic jobs, including male model, gunrunner, and spy.
—Emma Barrett and Paul Martin, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
That deal was engineered by an Iranian-American gunrunner with ties to the CIA who was not named in the U.S. court documents.
—Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2020
Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Cartels and guerrillas in South America are similarly dependent on border-crossing drug smugglers and gunrunners for the tools of their trade.
—Paul J. Angelo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2020
Her father’s work as a gunrunner and pilot led the British authorities to throw him in jail, weeks after Ms. Mehta was born.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
By shuttling weapons to warlords in Liberia and a dictator in Zaïre, among others, Bout became the most notorious gunrunner of the past quarter century.
—Casey Michel, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2017
There are brash foreign fighters and humble food drivers and furtive gunrunners and ancient babushkas knitting camouflage ghillie suits in community gyms.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 23 Feb. 2023
The 53-year-old Bout, a gunrunner, was the inspiration behind Nicholas Cage’s character in the 2005 film ‘‘Lord of War’’ and was on the radar of Western intelligence agencies for years before a 2008 Drug Enforcement Administration operation led to his capture.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2020
Before World War II, Crabb had a number of exotic jobs, including male model, gunrunner, and spy.
—Emma Barrett and Paul Martin, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
That deal was engineered by an Iranian-American gunrunner with ties to the CIA who was not named in the U.S. court documents.
—Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunrunner
Noun
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The presence of dogs, coyotes, hawks, and even other cats in the streets can cause injury or transmit diseases.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Before going out at night, arm yourself with a flashlight because your neighborhood coyotes, bobcats, and foxes might want to admire your moonlight landscape, too.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Brazil raids homes of arms smugglers SAO PAULO -- Brazil's federal police on Thursday raided the homes of smugglers who brought in 2,000 assault rifles from Miami to supply a criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Authorities said Tin was associated with Kang Juntao, an international turtle smuggler from Hangzhou City, China.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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Childhood friends, Costello and Genovese thrived as bootleggers during Prohibition and rose to the upper ranks of the mob.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Real McCoy line (named after a famous bootlegger of the 1920s) is distilled at Foursquare is more affordable and easier to find but doesn’t skimp on the quality.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Gunrunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunrunner. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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