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Recent Examples of AK-47
The North Korean soldier was carrying an AK-12 assault rifle – the newer model of the standard issue AK-47, Amur said.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff Bishop Curry wears a cross made from an AK-47.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
He was arrested after a loaded AK-47 assault rifle was found in his backseat.
—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
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff Bishop Curry wears a cross made from an AK-47.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
He was arrested after a loaded AK-47 assault rifle was found in his backseat.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
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The suspect retrieved a rifle from a vehicle, returned to the group and shot Goins in the chest about 2 a.m., authorities said.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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Friday’s shooting took place at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday, when Ortega walked into the Las Vegas Athletic Club, armed with a rifle.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 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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Short-barrel firearms include rifles with barrels shorter than 16 inches and shotguns with barrels less than 18 inches, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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That allows the driver and passenger riding shotgun to hear the rear of the car clearly, according to The Drive.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
28 May 2025
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Shadowrun took two of the most popular genres at the time—fantasy and cyberpunk—and brought them together that allowed cyborgs to shoot machine guns at dragons.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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These planes had multiple machine guns, held over 20,000 pounds of bombs and were especially suited to fly to Japan from bases in China during World War II, according to the National Museum of the United States Air Force.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 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
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Later, Flinders interacted with the First Nations people again, this time giving them his shot belt that included musket balls, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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Seriously, watch this, there's cannons blasting, musket fire and smoke everywhere!—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 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 1 Jun. 2025.
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