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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
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
Vem Miller, 49, was arrested on gun charges Saturday after police found a loaded pistol and shotgun in his car.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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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 $2,159 semi-automatic shotgun is an interesting choice for bird hunting.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
Vem Miller, 49, was arrested on gun charges Saturday after police found a loaded pistol and shotgun in his car.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Should that musket misfire, don’t look for the cleric.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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The town's population grew in the 1820s as a result of the lead mining boom, where the mine became one of the most productive in the region, manufacturing the musket balls used in the Civil War, according to the city's website.Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2024
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There are even a couple of scattershot dance numbers.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Some of that retooling is obvious in the final cut of the movie, which has a slightly scattershot, sometimes thin screenplay and a close-to-even ratio between jokes that land and jokes that whiff badly.Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
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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
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The defense contends the June 2022 shooting was accidental.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Since Prince died from an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016, Tyka and her half-siblings had been engaged in a yearslong legal disagreement over the handling of the seven-time Grammy winner’s estate.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Park's deer season near A permit-only alternative firearms deer season, formerly muzzle-loader season, is set for Nov. 22-25 at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area.Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The gun used by the man was found at his feet, and it was later revealed to be a replica firearm, Reeson said.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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When shown random pixels, the judge guessed correctly only about 59% of the time.Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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So far, the only sign of anything amiss is the random Magic Marker doodle on the back of one of the many papers in Kornacki’s hands.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Former Indiana State Police Firearm Examiner Melissa Oberg testified the .40 caliber round found between the bodies matched a pistol seized from Allen’s home, according to CNN affiliate WTHR.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Turner was also convicted of four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and carrying a pistol without a license.Emily Palmer, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Some remembered fondly their own inadvertent artworks made by children.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Last month, the U.S. and China’s top commanders in the Indo-Pacific resumed formal communications for the first time since 2022, which is vital for avoiding inadvertent military conflict.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Shotgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shotgun. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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