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Recent Examples of AK-47
He was arrested after a loaded AK-47 assault rifle was found in his backseat.
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is offering $5,000 for the recovery of the Draco gun, which looks like an AK-47, that deputies believe was used to kill German-Garo.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Deputies searched Kennedy’s car and found a mini AK-47 loaded with a 60-round magazine and a loaded Glock pistol with an extended magazine, Linhardt added.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
With their AK-47s strapped to their vests and their faces covered, the fighters took selfies, shook hands and handed water to passers-by.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is offering $5,000 for the recovery of the Draco gun, which looks like an AK-47, that deputies believe was used to kill German-Garo.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Deputies searched Kennedy’s car and found a mini AK-47 loaded with a 60-round magazine and a loaded Glock pistol with an extended magazine, Linhardt added.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
With their AK-47s strapped to their vests and their faces covered, the fighters took selfies, shook hands and handed water to passers-by.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
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When deputies arrived, the 48-year-old woman aimed a rifle at them and told them to shoot her, according to the statement.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2025
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Before the violence begins in earnest, Cassian is assembling his rifle, preparing to take out Dedra Meero.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
7 May 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
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All were killed with a 12-gauge shotgun that was found on a kitchen counter.—
Greg Norman , Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems was executed Thursday evening in Florida for the 1998 shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
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Later, rare earths were used as an alloy in ammunition for machine guns.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
9 May 2025
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He has been indicted in the Southern District of New York on multiple charges, including racketeering conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and possession of machine guns.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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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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Seriously, watch this, there's cannons blasting, musket fire and smoke everywhere!—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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The gear is museum-worthy – muskets longer than men are tall, coats ranging from rich brocade to dun homespun.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 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
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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 May. 2025.
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