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Recent Examples of pistol-whip
In November 2021, an assailant robbed and pistol-whipped the pastor of St. Leo’s Catholic Church blocks away from his Little Italy church.
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Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
Video showing Valerio pistol-whipping the robber and shooting him in the stomach also shows what took place in the minute and a half between the time two young men walked into a liquor store and when one of them lay bleeding on the sidewalk outside.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
Listen to this article A Meriden man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for committing an armed robbery spree in 2021 that sometimes turned violent and led to victims being pistol-whipped in the head.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
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Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
Video showing Valerio pistol-whipping the robber and shooting him in the stomach also shows what took place in the minute and a half between the time two young men walked into a liquor store and when one of them lay bleeding on the sidewalk outside.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
Listen to this article A Meriden man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for committing an armed robbery spree in 2021 that sometimes turned violent and led to victims being pistol-whipped in the head.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pistol-whip
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The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did.Kyle Smith, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020
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In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys.Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 12 Mar. 2018
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Pop stars being badasses, as ever, but expressing doubt, and doing it without the flagellating self-destruction that might have come with an early iteration.Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
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For Logan, none of these self-flagellating exercises mattered.Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
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Almost from the start, Dharavi was defined by its industries: from the traditional potters of Gujarat who began arriving in the late 1800s, to leather tanners from Tamil Nadu and embroidery workers from Uttar Pradesh.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 June 2024
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Look to leather knee-high pairs from Jimmy Choo, Isabel Marant, Khaite, and & Other Stories for a similar version of the model-off-duty style.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2022
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Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2024
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In the nearly 250 years since its founding, the United States has witnessed its fair share of political violence, from four presidential assassinations to an 1856 caning on the Senate floor to a 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left at least five dead.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
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There’s no clearer signal that social mores are a tad bit different in the 18th century than when Claire is spanked by husband Jamie after disobeying one of his orders.Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
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It’s all spanked along by one of those golly-gee bumptious holiday musical scores.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday night and charged him with assaulting a government official after Rep. Nancy Mace reported that she had been accosted on the U.S. Capitol grounds.Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The woman in the suit alleged she was assaulted after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000.Becca Longmire, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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This includes everything from over-the-knee, platform boots that feature quilting along the sides and straps up the back of the calf, to one of this year’s trendiest silhouettes: simple stiletto slingbacks.Mikelle Street, Them, 26 Nov. 2024
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However, after nine days it was revealed Smith herself had let her car, with her children strapped inside, sink into John D. Long Lake.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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In a battle, Swanson, 41, knocked Billy Quarantillo out cold.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The losses continued under Mancini in the autumn of 2023 until a win in a World Cup qualifier against Pakistan started an eight-game unbeaten run that lasted until South Korea knocked them out of the Asia Cup on penalties.Matt Slater, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Pistol-whip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol-whip. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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