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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
Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Deputies then dismantled the shotgun from the trap and secured the area while investigators processed the crime scene, the sheriff's office said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 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
Jordan Dove, 34, was wounded by a shotgun blast upon arriving to a vacant home on Monday in Saint Matthews, South Carolina, a town about 35 miles south of Columbia, according to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Deputies then dismantled the shotgun from the trap and secured the area while investigators processed the crime scene, the sheriff's office said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shotgun
Noun
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The musket ball was finally removed 17 years after Miller was wounded.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Europe’s scattershot intentions formed one half of a stunning split-screen this week; on the other side were the US and Russia, suddenly chummy, tossing Ukrainian demands and territories off the negotiating table.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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A little of both, somehow, at once? Apple Cider Vinegar The Bottom Line Too scattershot to hit its mark.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Cost cutting ‘blunderbuss’ DOGE is part of a long line of presidential efforts to take an ax to the administrative state.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Cena later handed that watch over to Scott, who entered the fray and started unwinding on Rhodes; wrestling fans on social media are debating whether Scott made actual (and accidental) contact with the bloodied Rhodes, who seemed to genuinely wince after Scott’s punches.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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It will be laid on the seabed to a depth of up to 4.3 miles (7 km), with some lengths in shallow waters being buried to protect against accidental or intentional interference.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Police later said there was no gunfire, but someone was arrested while in possession of a firearm.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, since the April 5 firearms seizure, police have stepped up enforcement in Cap-Haïtien.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The results derived from a random sampling of 1,004 adults aged 18 and over living in all 50 states, based on phone interviews, with a margin of error plus or minus four percent and with a 95 percent confidence level.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Webroot can securely erase files for you, overwriting them with random data three times, by default.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To thank Murph, Wetzel bought her a pistol engraved with their names and the song’s title that took three months to make.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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But her earrings are tiny jeweled handguns, and she's got a pistol strapped to her ankle.—
Mary Beth Sheridan and Ann E. Marimow The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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From the high-profile trials of the 1990s to the celebrity court cases of today, the intersection of law and nostalgic fashion has captured public attention, turning legal battles into inadvertent marketing opportunities for brands and designers.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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But classified information is compartmentalized within the government for a reason—to limit the number of people who can see it to those who really need to know and to keep the risk of inadvertent or malicious disclosure to a minimum.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Shotgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shotgun. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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