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Court records show the teen convicted in Marquell’s death developed a fascination with guns, and struggled with mental health, ever since being held at gunpoint with his mother as a toddler.
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David Clarey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Instead of freely taking up legal work in Thailand, Sara was smuggled at gunpoint into a scammers’ compound in Myanmar.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
After ordering his security detail to cut the feed on all his cameras, Prater captures Harrison at gunpoint and coaxes Dexter to return to the wine room.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
That includes the execution of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023 and TV journalists being held at gunpoint on live TV in early 2024, prompting a state of siege by interim and later elected President 37-year-old Daniel Noboa.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
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David Clarey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Instead of freely taking up legal work in Thailand, Sara was smuggled at gunpoint into a scammers’ compound in Myanmar.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
After ordering his security detail to cut the feed on all his cameras, Prater captures Harrison at gunpoint and coaxes Dexter to return to the wine room.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
That includes the execution of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023 and TV journalists being held at gunpoint on live TV in early 2024, prompting a state of siege by interim and later elected President 37-year-old Daniel Noboa.
—Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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