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Recent Examples of shotgun
Post-Tribune, 7 July 2017
Outing highlights include: Registration, lunch and a putting contest (noon)
Shotgun start (1:30 p.m.)
Dinner (6:30 p.m.)
Proximities, skins, awards and a 50/50 raffle
Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event.
—Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 13 June 2017
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
The officers, who were separated from Perez by a fence, struck him with at least nine bullets, while one fired a beanbag round from a shotgun.
—Logan Ramsey, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
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Adjective
Lunch and registration begin at 11 a.m., with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start.
—Post-Tribune, 7 July 2017
Outing highlights include: Registration, lunch and a putting contest (noon)
Shotgun start (1:30 p.m.)
Dinner (6:30 p.m.)
Proximities, skins, awards and a 50/50 raffle
Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event.
—Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 13 June 2017
Noun
Dale Roley said that his grandson owned a shotgun and a long rifle.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
The officers, who were separated from Perez by a fence, struck him with at least nine bullets, while one fired a beanbag round from a shotgun.
—Logan Ramsey, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shotgun
Noun
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On April 19, 1775, the crack of a musket marked the first official command for colonists to fire upon the red-coated army of Britain’s King George III.—
Lisa Meyers McClintick,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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Depictions of Warren tend to show him in military uniform, with a sword or a musket.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Lucy’s journey takes too many cynical turns to be satisfying, and the film’s ideas are too scattershot to be convincing.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2025
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Ohtani, pitching in the big leagues for the first time in 22 months, reached 100.2 mph in a somewhat scattershot top of the first; San Diego nicked him for a run, taking advantage of a pair of singles, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly off the bat of third baseman Manny Machado.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
Noun
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And with the Trump administration taking a blunderbuss to anything that remotely resembles DEI, the mood across the entertainment industries is generally apprehensive.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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What the Supreme Court should not do is hand down a blunderbuss of a legal rule — one that could very well throw every public school in the country into turmoil — based on a half-baked legal theory constructed by lawyers who don’t even know if their clients’ rights were violated yet.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The initial discovery of the toy’s mechanics was accidental.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Officials are investigating the incident to determine whether or not the death was accidental or criminal.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Weapons of any kind including, but not limited to, firearms and knives.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Gunfire report leads to drugs Police responding to reports of gunfire at a Gurnee area home did not find any firearms.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Din Djarin, Boba Fett, and a random stormtrooper are all effectively evoked by these simple outfits.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
4 July 2025
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The prime time talent show is once again ruining our viewing of acts by constantly cutting in reaction shots of the audience, hosts and random people.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
Noun
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They were then directed to a safe house where a pistol with a silencer was waiting for them.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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On June 14, Naperville police allegedly found a 14-year-old carrying a loaded, semiautomatic pistol at a downtown takeover, authorities said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The family received an inadvertent welcome at Old Trafford, too.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Again, all of those things could be inadvertent or intentional.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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“Shotgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shotgun. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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