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Recent Examples of tommy gun
George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
That applies to all the dialogue, which doesn’t change at all from character to character, each of them firing off pop culture references like a tommy gun.
—Joshua Alston, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
On the back of the bottle was a ghost engraving: the original G-man in a fedora, toting a tommy gun.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
The image of a mask-wearing authoritarian pointing a tommy gun at first looks like irresistible kitsch but now seems disturbingly accurate for the COVID apocalypse.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Aug. 2021
In the 1930s, the fee doubled the cost of a new tommy gun.
—Adam Weinstein, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2020
The decade was also rife with poisonous bathtub gin, murderous Mafia dons, and the merciless rat-a-tat of tommy guns, as well as myriad political and cultural struggles simmering beneath the surface.
—Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2020
The first patrolman on scene, John Ferry, was firing shotgun rounds at the second-story window when backup arrived with tommy guns, revolvers and tear gas.
—David M. Zimmer, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2019
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Guy comes up, holding a tommy gun.
—George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
That applies to all the dialogue, which doesn’t change at all from character to character, each of them firing off pop culture references like a tommy gun.
—Joshua Alston, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
On the back of the bottle was a ghost engraving: the original G-man in a fedora, toting a tommy gun.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
The image of a mask-wearing authoritarian pointing a tommy gun at first looks like irresistible kitsch but now seems disturbingly accurate for the COVID apocalypse.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Aug. 2021
In the 1930s, the fee doubled the cost of a new tommy gun.
—Adam Weinstein, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2020
The decade was also rife with poisonous bathtub gin, murderous Mafia dons, and the merciless rat-a-tat of tommy guns, as well as myriad political and cultural struggles simmering beneath the surface.
—Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2020
The first patrolman on scene, John Ferry, was firing shotgun rounds at the second-story window when backup arrived with tommy guns, revolvers and tear gas.
—David M. Zimmer, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tommy gun
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Jaquez Myrick, 25, was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, or ALEA, said in a statement.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The charges include conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, committing murder-for-hire involving a death, and use of a machine gun in a violent crime resulting in death.Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Hernandez said detectives seized a fully automatic submachine gun, ammunition and evidence related to the crimes.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.MIKE CORDER, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
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What appeared to be a replica of an assault rifle is affixed to the hood of the vehicle, which has a Trump sign on the front.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Officials said Colt Gray rode the school bus to Apalachee High School carrying a semiautomatic assault rifle hidden in his backpack.CBS News, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
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Zoom in: Serrano's clients include Guardian Arms, a Moses Lake gun shop seeking to overturn Washington's ban on selling dozens of firearms that the state now defines as assault weapons.Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
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Vance and Trump oppose most gun-control laws, including an assault weapons ban and national red-flag laws proposed by Harris.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Tommy gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tommy%20gun. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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