revolver

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Recent Examples of revolver Turning up the music in get car so that her daughter won’t hear, the grandmother gets out the car, takes a revolver out of her bag, and wincing and turning away, shoots the animal in the head. John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 Following Alfonso Morales’ arrest, officers seized an assault rifle, a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver from the apartment, according to Montoya. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2026 Dingle was taken into custody and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, carrying a pistol without a permit and carrying a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026 The vehicle sat locked, with a sun visor propping his off-duty silver five-shot revolver in the dash. Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revolver
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolver
Noun
  • Williams then raised her arm over the vehicle and pointed the pistol toward police, the report said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • Investigators say Allen traveled to Washington by train, carrying a shotgun, pistol and knives, and booked a room in the Washington Hilton where the April 25 dinner took place.
    Andrew Goudsward, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
    Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Deputies searched the beach and found blood, two pairs of shoes, a Glock handgun and shell casings, according to an arrest affidavit police provided to the Daily News.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
  • When agents approached, Marx ran, then pulled a handgun from his waistband while fleeing, according to a federal affidavit reviewed by Fox News Digital.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • At the time of her death, Broderick was serving a sentence of 32 years to life with the possibility of parole after being convicted in 1991 of two counts of second-degree murder and firearm enhancements.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • If released, both people are ordered to wear a GPS tether and are prohibited from possessing any animals or firearms.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Who love the pop-cultured, Hollywood-ed image of the Texas Ranger: The cowboy wearing his Stetson, firing six-shooters at bad guys — usually Native Americans.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms. FROM 2016: New law calls for bringing Texas gold home.
    Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • After Florida law changed last fall, Publix opted to allow customers to open carry, while other major grocery chains, including Walmart and Winn-Dixie, asked customers not to bring guns.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2026
  • McDonnell has publicly defended the stops as an essential law enforcement tool in the department’s fight against guns, gangs and drugs.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • As Aaron Boone summoned Tim Hill to the mound in the seventh inning of the Yankees‘ win over the Orioles on Saturday, the manager mimicked the reliever’s sidearm delivery.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • And a sidearm lefty against [Smith] isn’t ideal either.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Revolver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolver. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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