trapshooter

Definition of trapshooternext

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Recent Examples of trapshooter Nor would a trapshooter toe the line with eye and ear protection tucked in their vest. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020 Last year’s inductees were Olympic medal-winning trapshooter Corey Cogdell, Major League Baseball pitcher Chad Bentz, the Alaska Run for Women and Kodiak’s 2001 state basketball championship team. Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2019 Gene was a gunsmith, a lifetime member of the NRA, and a champion trapshooter. orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2019 Such bunkers are rare in the United States, said Curtis Lynn, an Anchorage trapshooter whose daughter, Abbigail, is teammates with Davey on the Birchwood Bears youth team. Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News, 26 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapshooter
Noun
  • Luke Kennard came their way at the trade deadline, when the Lakers sent Gabe Vincent and a 2032 second-round pick to Atlanta for the 29-year-old marksman, who is earning $11 million this season and will be a free agent this summer.
    Sam Amick, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Mbappé is the league leading marksman again this season with 23, two more than Vedad Muriqi of Mallorca.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If that’s the case, the sharpshooter will be targeted by Minnesota given his lack of size, physicality or foot speed.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The Eagles landed Money Williams, a guard who averaged more than 20 points per game at Montana, Northeastern point guard JB Frankel, former Merrimack sharpshooter Ernest Shelton and Slovenian guard Zak Smrekar.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Allen has been charged not only with attempting to assassinate a president, but also with transporting a gun and ammunition to commit a felony and firing a gun during a violent crime.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Months earlier, the shooter had extensive conversations with ChatGPT discussing scenarios involving gun violence, the lawsuits allege.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The deadly blast occurred when the three soldiers — a tank commander, a gunner and a safety officer — were inside a gun turret on a Type 10 main battle tank during a live fire exercise with two other tanks at the Hijudai Training Area in the southern prefecture of Oita.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Netherlands Ministry of Defense Last year, Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandria finished 15-months of service as a gunner in an engineering battalion.
    Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was then shot and killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper.
    Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The gunman, Thomas Crooks, was shot and killed by Secret Service snipers.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026

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“Trapshooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapshooter. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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