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Post-Tribune, 7 July 2017
Outing highlights include: Registration, lunch and a putting contest (noon)
Shotgun start (1:30 p.m.)
Dinner (6:30 p.m.)
Proximities, skins, awards and a 50/50 raffle
Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event.
—Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 13 June 2017
CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
The proposal does not cover standard handguns or shotguns, though the prohibition would include the type of pistol used in the Boulder King Soopers shooting that left 10 people dead in March 2021.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Lunch and registration begin at 11 a.m., with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start.
—Post-Tribune, 7 July 2017
Outing highlights include: Registration, lunch and a putting contest (noon)
Shotgun start (1:30 p.m.)
Dinner (6:30 p.m.)
Proximities, skins, awards and a 50/50 raffle
Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event.
—Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 13 June 2017
Noun
The original investigators believed that at least 25 people were buried at Baumeister's 18-acre Fox Hollow Farm estate in Westfield, based on evidence that included 10,000 bones and bone fragments, as well as handcuffs and shotgun shells.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
The proposal does not cover standard handguns or shotguns, though the prohibition would include the type of pistol used in the Boulder King Soopers shooting that left 10 people dead in March 2021.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shotgun
Noun
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The Sassenach’s survival is an important development, given that Mrs. Fraser ended the previous episode with a musket ball in her liver and an alarming amount of her blood on the ground.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
6 Jan. 2025
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In recent decades, however, the military has also been polluting the home front, most notably with a toxic chemical never heard of in the era of muskets and drums: PFAS.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
25 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Another source remained adamant that, for a team such as the Bears, the scattershot approach to this search must allow allow ample time for a second round of interviews in which at least four and up to six finalists are given in-person opportunities to meet.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2025
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In the hands of influencers, they are fired at our timelines in a scattershot approach to attract a morsel of attention.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
21 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.—
Ty Burr,
Washington Post,
4 Apr. 2024
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The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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And while their first born, Luna takes after her cheeky mom (see her accidental recreation of Teigen's famous meme face), the other three — Miles, 6, Esti, 19 months and Wren, 14 months — are Legend's miniature twins.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Key Background Musk has yet to elaborate on the gesture made Monday, though defenders such as the Anti-Defamation League have chalked up the action to being accidental or awkward as opposed to an intentional Nazi salute.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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He was sentenced in November to three years and two months in prison for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article A student in North Haven was arrested Monday after allegedly sending a photo of a firearm to a group chat with other students which was accompanied by an ominous message advising them not to go to school.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On a random note: Long before those assignments, Chuck was pepper-sprayed covering the disturbances in Miami the morning Elián Gonzalez was whisked away by federal authorities.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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The robot learns in a virtual environment, earning higher scores for better stacking performance with random items.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In October 2024, Wyatt Swan shot his wife with a pistol in their northeast Washington apartment, according to a Jan. 24 news release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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Larry then jumped out of bed and rushed at Walker, whose pistol had jammed.—
Ben Brachfeld,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Mike Pence's inadvertent attraction of a fly to his white hair during the 2020 vice presidential debate will forever be enshrined in the annals of veep satire.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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After taking an inadvertent elbow to his nose in the 17th minute, which left him bloodied, the Real Salt Lake No. 10 threaded a pass to White three minutes later.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Shotgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shotgun. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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