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Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 9 Nov. 2024
At the time of the indictment, Dukes was locked up in Dupage County, Ill., for another episode involving a machine gun in a car, according to prosecutors.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024
San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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Noun
Jordan began serving in a machine gun battalion, but ended in an ordnance detachment.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 9 Nov. 2024
At the time of the indictment, Dukes was locked up in Dupage County, Ill., for another episode involving a machine gun in a car, according to prosecutors.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 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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Guy comes up, holding a tommy gun.George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
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That applies to all the dialogue, which doesn’t change at all from character to character, each of them firing off pop culture references like a tommy gun.Joshua Alston, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
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He then was flown to a Manhattan heliport, where he was walked slowly up a pier by a throng of officers with assault rifles — a contingent that included New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.MICHAEL R. SISAK, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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Just before midnight on November 19, Aldrich entered Club Q and opened fire with an AR-15-style assault rifle, killing five people and injuring 25 others before they were subdued not by the club’s security, but by two patrons.Abby Monteil, Them, 19 Nov. 2024
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Al Shahabi also asked on Facebook where the recordings of surveillance cameras at regime security branches had gone, why some documents had been destroyed and why human rights groups had not done more to protect records.Raja Razek, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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He is then seen waving the baton, destroying property and throwing items at police, according to his criminal complaint.Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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Biden Reacts to Abundant Life Christian School Shooting in Madison, WI Just over the weekend, Biden posted to X calling for a ban on assault weapons.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Bosley and the group also worked to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois last year.Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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While all 379 passengers on the commercial flight were safely evacuated, five crew members aboard the Coast Guard plane were killed.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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From the Philippines through southern China and Vietnam, and onto Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, the storm killed hundreds and devastated communities and livelihoods.Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
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Authorities said that Jacob planned the murders, and purchased a rifle on April 25, KFOR reported.Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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In each book, Biggio hands a WW II veteran a period M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, which opens up their memories about their experiences during the war.Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Machine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20gun. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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