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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
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025
The attorney general’s announcement doesn’t mean those ages 18 to 20 will be able to purchase rifles and shotguns from licensed vendors.
—Matthew Cupelli, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 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
After the fish finished eating, the farmers grabbed 12-caliber shotguns and shot some of the tuna in the head.
—Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025
The attorney general’s announcement doesn’t mean those ages 18 to 20 will be able to purchase rifles and shotguns from licensed vendors.
—Matthew Cupelli, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shotgun
Noun
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The excavation revealed items from various conflicts, including cannonballs, musket shells, and nearly 400 military explosives.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Cannonballs and musket shells from the Prussian and Napoleonic periods, ceramics from later periods and objects from the World Wars were among the finds, archaeologists said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This scattershot approach wasted potential opportunities and highlighted the importance of a personalized touch.—
Tammy Homegardner,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The administration's tariff rollout has given off the distinct impression of being done in a scattershot, shoot-from-the-hip manner.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Now comes President Donald Trump with his blunderbuss actions that weaken or threaten to weaken the press across the board, perplexing us all who are paying attention.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Cost cutting ‘blunderbuss’ DOGE is part of a long line of presidential efforts to take an ax to the administrative state.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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What followed was part social experiment, part accidental soul-baring, and slightly more fun than doomscrolling solo.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, an accidental executor can be the trustee of a revocable trust after the grantor has passed away.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Authorities found a 9 mm pistol, three additional firearms, ammunition and two suppressors in Santos' bedroom, according to court documents.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Also, on Georgia's public Wildlife Management Areas, tegus can be killed with firearms legal during the current hunting season.—
Cheryl McCloud,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And as for the new show, the contestants are no longer random.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Officers spotted Jillian Shriner in the yard of her house, located next door, holding a pistol.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Authorities found a 9 mm pistol, three additional firearms, ammunition and two suppressors in Santos' bedroom, according to court documents.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Defendant referred to victim in past tense, detective testifies Cousins’ status as a possible suspect was strengthened by his inadvertent language missteps in his first interview with a Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit detective, the jury learned on Tuesday.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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Skinner has been out of commission since getting an inadvertent knee in the head from the Dallas Stars’ Mikko Rantanen on March 26.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Shotgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shotgun. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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