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Recent Examples of machine gun
David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
The Russian boats have mounted weapon systems, including machine guns and grenade launchers, transforming these vessels into agile combat platforms.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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Noun
Another incident saw two Ukrainian USVs in the Kerch Strait engage with Russian aircraft attempting to destroy them, using a reported auto-targeting machine gun.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
The Russian boats have mounted weapon systems, including machine guns and grenade launchers, transforming these vessels into agile combat platforms.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 18 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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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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Guy comes up, holding a tommy gun.George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
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After the battle, the Ukrainian soldiers went through their personal items and documents, and found a drone detector, an assault rifle with a collimator sight, and a Chinese-Russian Azart radio station.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jabbar exited the vehicle armed with an assault rifle and opened fire on police officers, law enforcement said.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Some 12,000 structures — buildings and cars — have been destroyed so far, and with them many tons of property of all levels of sentimental meaning.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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In turn, Jod destroyed the Supervisor, shutting down the safety droids and causing a blackout in the city.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 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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How are officials responding? Hours after the shooting, President Joe Biden pressed Congress to pass gun reform legislation, including universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Those winds have fanned wildfires into destructive infernos across Los Angeles, killing at least 11 and displacing tens of thousands this week.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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The medical examiner's office says five of those deaths were in the Palisades Fire, while 11 people were killed in the Eaton Fire.Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Investigators were able to obtain pictures from a neighbor that showed Cook walking through woods carrying a rifle.Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Judge Andy Porter denied the suppression motion, and the jury viewed and listened to the complete interview, in which Nixon-Clark admitted firing the Kriss Vector rifle once outside the house.Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Machine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20gun. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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