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  • Machine-gun fire ringed the town at night, and the next morning the bodies of the dead floated down the wide canal that ran through the center of town.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Machine-gun and antiaircraft fire could be heard throughout the day in Tripoli, as residents said loyalist gunmen had taken up positions in several neighborhoods.

    Fighting Flares in Tense Tripoli Charles Levinson 2011

  • Machine-gun fire ringed the town at night, and the next morning the bodies of the dead floated down the wide canal that ran through the center of town.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Machine-gun fire sounded a staccato counterpoint to the waves of sirens.

    Crusade Nancy Holder 2010

  • Machine-gun fire was crackling from all over the village.

    The Taliban troop with an east London cab driver in its ranks Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Dhani-Ghorri 2010

  • Machine-gun sound, tuned drums, guitar-sound from weird portable keyboard!

    Monday, Feb. 22 – The Bleat. 2010

  • Machine-gun fire sputtered below, and Gage sat up, shocked.

    Deadly Promises Sherrilyn Kenyon 2010

  • Machine-gun fire in the shopping center next to the apartment complex shook George back to reality.

    Down the Road Bowie Ibarra 2009

  • Machine-gun fire in the shopping center next to the apartment complex shook George back to reality.

    Down the Road Bowie Ibarra 2009

  • Machine-gun and mortar fire seemed like it was coming from everywhere.

    Into the Rising Sun Patrick K. O’Donnell 2002

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