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Recent Examples of zip gun
The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
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cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zip gun
Noun
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Frank provides Rick with a mysterious package, presumably a pistol for when Rick finally faces his nemesis, but expresses his hope that Rick will never have to use it.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Wick and the Marquis (Bill Skarsgard) duel it out with pistols, leading to both being struck.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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The unidentified man was reported as experiencing a mental health crisis and brandishing a handgun outside the building.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
19 Mar. 2025
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As the crash happened, the 11-year-old was in the passenger seat waving a handgun.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Also, the cuff size is a bit large and may not be ideal for small arms.—
Loren Brutsch,
Health,
19 Feb. 2025
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Natalia returned to Kosovo that fall for another two months of training, and she is currently certified to dispose of mines, rockets, artillery and mortar shells, submunitions, grenades, and small arms.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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He’d been shot in the face with a revolver that left no shell casings.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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McCabe handed Richard a revolver with a single bullet and made the kid play several rounds of Russian Roulette, all as his dad helplessly watched, with Paulie’s gun aimed his own head.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The 12-year-old was seen holding a firearm in the video, according to police.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Five days after the killing, Mangione was taken into custody at the McDonalds and charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification in Pennsylvania.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The arrests come after a rise in homicides committed by children driven in part by social media, loss of supports during the pandemic and an increase in the availability of guns.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Those communications are of course the smokin’ gun of sorts in this whole shebang.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
5 Jan. 2025
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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
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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
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“Zip gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip%20gun. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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