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Recent Examples of AK-47
Brown said he was armed with an AK-47 and Carter was carrying a 12-gauge shotgun.
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
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They were being led to the Danube by teenagers with rifles.—
Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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During a search of DeFelice’s residence on Feb. 17, 2022, investigators reportedly seized two short barrel rifles, 67 other firearms, a silencer with no serial number, more than 28 high-capacity magazines and other firearm parts, according to court records.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hale’s firearms included an AR-15 pistol, a semi-automatic AR pistol, a semi-automatic carbine rifle and a semi-automatic pistol.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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Four officers ran to the fence - three pulling out handguns and another pointing what appeared to be a shotgun.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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So the next day, his father rode shotgun, guiding him through traffic and offering wisdom: Never race other taxis to a fare.—
Jonah Markowitz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Until finally Reacher outsmarted him by plugging the barrel of the machine gun Paulie shot, which exploded into his throat and killed him.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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In one such instance, the informant bought a $1,700 machine gun from Talley last September, the complaint says.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 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
Noun
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Some key finds were a 4,500-year-old projectile point, animal bones in fireplaces that revealed the soldiers’ diet, and lead drippings from a task usually assigned to the women of the encampments: pouring lead into molds to create musket balls.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2025
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The musket ball was finally removed 17 years after Miller was wounded.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The worshipers insisted on congregating to pray at the crucifix in the local church and threatened to shoot with an arquebus – a long gun used during the Renaissance period – anyone who got in their way.—
Hannah Marcus,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2020
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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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AK-47. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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