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Recent Examples of gunman
Syrian security forces and affiliated gunmen have killed more than 340 civilians, the vast majority of them from the Alawite minority, over the last two days, Rami Abdulrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Saturday.
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Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
For example, during the 2017 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Music festival in Las Vegas, a gunman killed 60 people and wounded 413 others.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Rami Abdurrahman, head of the monitoring group, said the gunmen who ambushed the police force are Alawites.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The couple, who were on vacation visiting family, were traveling in a black 2016 Ford Platinum pickup truck when gunmen opened fire near an intersection.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
For example, during the 2017 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Music festival in Las Vegas, a gunman killed 60 people and wounded 413 others.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Rami Abdurrahman, head of the monitoring group, said the gunmen who ambushed the police force are Alawites.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The couple, who were on vacation visiting family, were traveling in a black 2016 Ford Platinum pickup truck when gunmen opened fire near an intersection.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunman
Noun
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The 18-year-old man and the two minors were arrested Feb. 12, on suspicion of crimes encompassing robbery as well as assault and gun crimes.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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There is no point in the enormous gun variety in the game if only a handful are viable.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Production is set to begin in coming months on the movie about a horticulturalist who moonlights as an assassin.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Twice in this story, Nadia describes her desire to become an assassin—not a killer for hire but someone who kills bad guys pro bono.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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Concrete Charlie, a steelworker’s son from Bethlehem and a B-24 gunner who flew thirty combat missions over Nazi Germany, then played at Penn.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Hopkins went on to serve eight years in the Air Force as a gunner on a B-36 plane.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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Only criminal hacking is a crime, and not all hackers are criminals.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Officers says there are many reasons people use fake plates: criminals hoping to avoid being tracked by law enforcement, evading fines on toll roads, or people trying to find a way to drive without a driver’s license or insurance.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With Kelby Collins coming in as a transfer, there’s enough depth at bandit for Latham to spend more time at wolf.—
Kennington Smith III,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Try to distract the bandits one at a time until everyone but Casper is left.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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However, a small spatter of blood on the outside of the box could potentially be the perp’s.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, when someone tries to unlock your phone, Bitdefender will silently send you a picture of the perp.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Pardoning 1500 violent felons involved in the January 6 attacks on our U.S. Capitol and democracy.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Some answers emerged at a recent preliminary hearing for Evelyn Torres, 35, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and possessing a gun as a felon.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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Still, this adaptation of an O. Henry story tilts all its sympathies toward the outlaw hero the Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter, in a Best Actor–winning role) and away from the pompous white soldier charged with tracking him down.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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But like the always-wearing-shades outlaw in that song, David Johansen was good-bad, not evil.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunman. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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