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Recent Examples of AK-47
In the July attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Penn., the would-be assassin, armed with an AK-47, was killed by a member of Trump’s security detail.
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Steven Gaydos, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
So how often are handguns used in school shootings compared to assault-style rifles like the AR-15 or AK-47?
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
These are people who woke up one Saturday morning and were soon dodging bullets and grenades, cradling the dead bodies of their husbands and daughters, kneeling before AK-47s and begging to be spared.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
It's believed two gunmen using two separate weapons killed the half-dozen hostages.
AK-47 magazines and shell casings were found nearby, Israeli officials said.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Steven Gaydos, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
So how often are handguns used in school shootings compared to assault-style rifles like the AR-15 or AK-47?
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
These are people who woke up one Saturday morning and were soon dodging bullets and grenades, cradling the dead bodies of their husbands and daughters, kneeling before AK-47s and begging to be spared.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
It's believed two gunmen using two separate weapons killed the half-dozen hostages.
AK-47 magazines and shell casings were found nearby, Israeli officials said.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
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One of them was allegedly armed with an assault-style rifle, according to officials.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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The suspect emerged from the studio workspace apartment armed with an AR-15-style rifle.—
Elainie Barraza,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In an interview with police, a family member said that Luke Howard had a 10mm Hi-Point carbine rifle and a 10mm glock handgun, court records said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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So, please, don't shoot my eye out with an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot range model air rifle!—
Chris Nashawaty,
EW.com,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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While searching the property, deputies found that the front door was barricaded shut and the back door was rigged with a shotgun.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Jon Bernthal's Punisher will headline Werewolf by Night-style Marvel special: 'Like a shotgun blast of a story' (exclusive) Addressing it now with EW, Woll says those were genuine emotions.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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British Navy personnel stationed in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea had seen how fast Arab dhows secretly armed with a three-pounder gun and a machine gun successfully defeated pirates and slave raiders.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Even if machine guns and other military-grade weapons were used by civilians, why apologize for it?—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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Angry protesters denounced the brand on TikTok, ultimately leading to bomb threats, a country musician banning sales of the beer on his tour and a Twitter video of Kid Rock firing at cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun.—
Maggie Lange,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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
Noun
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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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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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