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gats

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plural of gat

as in pistols

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In 2017, a 16-year-old student armed with a rifle, pistols and a small grenade opened fire at a high school in southern France, wounding three students and the principal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
On his cellphone, according to the complaint, investigators found messages about drug trafficking and firearms, including devices capable of converting Glock pistols into a fully automatic machine gun.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
On the aesthetic front, Vanadium Grey Metallic accents on the sideview-mirror covers, the wheels, the model-designation decals on the doors, and on the badge at the rear help distinguish the latest Carrera T from its siblings.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

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Assassin is a real-life game played around the world, with NERF guns or water pistols most commonly used as the assassination method.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
The United States is currently managing to get significant amounts of crude oil (if not refined product) through the strait, but only by providing costly military protection to tankers that slip past Iran’s guns with their transponders off.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

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After three to four days, the larva hatches and uses sharp mandibles to bore into the still-living tarantula.

— Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
The retro looks didn’t hurt either, channeling the boxy hatches styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro in the 1970s and ’80s.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026

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