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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
Christine Pelisek, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Given life in prison without parole in their second trial in 1996 for the 1989 shotgun killing of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
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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
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón will recommended that Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences for the shotgun murders of their parents Jose and Kitty more than 30 years ago, be resentenced.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Given life in prison without parole in their second trial in 1996 for the 1989 shotgun killing of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shotgun
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Should that musket misfire, don’t look for the cleric.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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The town's population grew in the 1820s as a result of the lead mining boom, where the mine became one of the most productive in the region, manufacturing the musket balls used in the Civil War, according to the city's website.Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2024
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Israel’s killing of the Hamas leader is spun as an act of military genius and planning but is really only the result of a scattershot attack, and the Biden administration now says peace is at hand.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024
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Some of that comes down to the offensive coordinator, from the scattershot hiring of Gerad Parker to the surgical recruitment of Denbrock.Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
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Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
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The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
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The accidental shot that killed Hutchins also struck Souza in the shoulder, narrowly missing his spine.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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The film tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who, left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents’ deaths in 1880s Wyoming, goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he’s sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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These firearms are responsible for 90% of homicides in some of the region's most vulnerable nations.Sarah Metz, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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The screening finally took place this week just over three years after the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a firearm held by lead actor Baldwin discharged during an on-set rehearsal.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Your private key is the secret random number that generates your public key, and therefore your Bitcoin address.Korok Ray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The judge in the case reduced that sentence to eight years in prison and a $15,100 fine — with three of those eight years to be served in home detention — with Kennedy also ordered to serve five years of probation and undergo random drug testing and mental health counseling.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024
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At the time of its invention over 80 years ago, the PPK inspired an entirely new category in the firearm industry, now widely known as the concealed carry pistol.Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Barrow was found guilty of assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a pistol, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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State officials emphasized that the incident was inadvertent, has been rectified, and has not affected the election process.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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And then there is Loren Munk’s wildly colored painting of a map with text that recounts the galleries of Soho — perhaps an inadvertent nod at the gravitational pull of the Manhattan art scene and its wealthy patrons.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Shotgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shotgun. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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