Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun (for)
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Crowds began running down the road toward the site, as cars and motorcycles raced each other.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
6 July 2025 -
The path could also run down the west side of Howell Street, Smith said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2025
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In that incident, a rooftop gunman fired at Trump from roughly 150 yards away, grazing his right ear and killing one attendee, Corey Comperatore, before Secret Service agents shot the attacker dead.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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The legislation didn’t kill Biden-era tax credits for manufacturers, as some had feared.—
Aarian Marshall,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
Verb
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The guests’ blood was swiftly coursing with deadly amatoxin, a poison produced by the death cap mushrooms known to sprout under the oak trees of Victoria.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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As the six boaters set out on the road beside Fairview Dam in late June, about three-fourths of the river’s flow was being diverted into a tunnel and coursing through pipelines that snake along the steep-sided canyon to Southern California Edison’s Kern River No. 3 hydropower plant.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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Brown provided the raft for the group’s protest and followed along in a van, while another vehicle trailed with emergency lights flashing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association, which tracks deliveries of new private aircraft, reported an 11% year-over-year increase in business jet deliveries in Q1, however, that trailed the increase for turboprop deliveries, which were up 23.1% year-over-year.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Rather than pursuing general-purpose models that compete with ChatGPT, Switzerland aims to develop large language models for specific applications in fields such as science, education, healthcare, robotics and climate studies.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Together, they’re pursued by Magneto's (Ian McKellen) Brotherhood of Mutants and eventually rescued by Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and the X-Men.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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As of July 8, Kansas City has seen 87 homicides, according to data tracked by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings.—
PJ Green
July 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 July 2025
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There are clear maps around dangerous rivers like the Guadalupe outlining where a flood like this will track, which areas will be underwater, and where the flood will reach first.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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“Gun (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun%20%28for%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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