Thesaurus results for GUNNED (FOR)

gunned (for)

verb

past tense of gun (for)

as in ran down

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The Kelce brothers once ran down their favorite fast-food burgers, and apparently, Burger King is tops.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Maria, 32, grabbed her phone and ran down the stairs barefoot.

— Philip Wang, Time, 29 June 2026

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Historians estimate that the North American epidemic killed at least 100,000 to 130,000 people over several years.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Wednesday marked one year since an explosion at a Northern California fireworks facility killed seven workers and changed the lives of their families forever.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026

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Marina Mabrey, the league’s fourth-leading scorer who scored a record 53 points earlier this season, shot 2 of 9, scoring just 11 points against Kaila Charles and the Valkyries’ defense.

— Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse dedicated to helping others, was fatally shot by immigration agents later that month.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

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On a previous voyage, the captain—who is in his late fifties, with a young wife and child—pursued the gigantic, unnaturally white sperm whale known to mariners as Moby Dick.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Automakers have long pursued dry-electrode manufacturing as a solution for batteries.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026

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Here are three dividend-paying stocks that are highlighted by Wall Street's top pros, as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.

— Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 5 July 2026
Super Typhoon Sinlaku tracked just southeast of Guam with 185 mph winds in mid-April.

— Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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