Sentence examples for been gun from inspiring English sources

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been gun

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A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.

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Besides well-publicized bombings, there have been gun battles between the French police and Algerian terrorists.

There are numerous privately held companies that would, in an earlier time, be public and want to be public (because the Goldman Facebook option is not available to them) and are instead still private, because the IPO process is hard and the public market investors have been gun shy.

A centerpiece of Clinton's campaign has been gun control.

It could have been gun supplies, escort services, or a porn company.

Up until this point, the main objectors to the legislation have been gun control advocates, law enforcement officials, and Democratic mayors -- all of whom have hailed from urban settings or major cities.

But, traditionally, the people that have been most energised by the subject have all been gun rights people – people who are really insistent that there should be no gun control at all.

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Colleges and universities have long been gun-free zones.

Major publishers have been gun-shy about pushing out new titles during a punishing recession in print advertising.

Most of the best gray horses have been gun-metal gray or a darker steel gray, like Spectacular Bid, Winning Colors, Holy Bull, Skip Away and Silver Charm.

"Petitioners had been gun-shy, but now the path has been cleared for them," said Daniel J. Ikenson, a trade policy analyst at the Cato Institute in Washington.

The organisation said it believed no girls have been gun-carrying soldiers but the agency is yet to determine whether they have been used in other roles.

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