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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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
San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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Noun
Others are grenades, bombs and switches to convert pistols into machine guns.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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
Verb
As someone who grew up in the Dodgers’ family and now can’t stand the sight of them, who wants to beat them as Buddy Rich might machine-gun his snare drum.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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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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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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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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Proponents of gun control say limiting the ability of individuals to buy some weapons, such as assault rifles, would mitigate the number of shootings.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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O’Rourke had proposed a ban and a buyback program for assault rifles, and Boebert, standing in the audience, challenged him, in an exchange that subsequently appeared on Fox News.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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The video was released Sunday by a law firm representing a woman whose house was destroyed by the fire and is suing Southern California Edison, the primary electrical utility for Los Angeles.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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By the time the show opened on Friday, the Eaton Fire, which is now 95 percent contained, had burned over 14,000 acres and destroyed over 9,000 structures in Altadena, Pasadena, and other areas nearby.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Another calls for raising the minimum age to purchase weapons, and a third urges the banning of assault weapons that were designed for war zones.—
Simon Parkin,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
3 Jan. 2025
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Teen shooter kills student, then himself at Nashville high school In: South Carolina Lucia Suarez Sang Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com.—
Lucia Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Tens of thousands succumbed to disease, starvation and mining-related accidents, while others were killed as part of a larger genocide.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Officers reportedly located a BB rifle in Esposito’s residence that matched the description provided by the complainant.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2025
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The gang, armed with rifles powerful enough to pierce an armored vehicle, is believed to have attacked from an alleyway along a winding dirt road between the embassy and the housing compound that isn’t always visible even when security measures are taken.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Machine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20gun. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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