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Examples
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The Confiance had thirty-one long guns and six carronades; the latter were short-range, large-caliber guns that had proved extremely useful in the narrow waters of the lakes.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Videos on Facebook show the helicopters firing on towns with what residents say is large-caliber ammunition.
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Police reported that he had been hit by more than 40 large-caliber bullets at a range of approximately a meter.
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One man and his son were aboard an SUV that was hit directly in the windshield by large-caliber bullets.
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One man and his son were aboard an SUV that was hit directly in the windshield by large-caliber bullets.
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Police reported that he had been hit by more than 40 large-caliber bullets at a range of approximately a meter.
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But a well-placed shot with a large-caliber rifle, or a shotgun could have blown the head off.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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More recently, fleets of Chinese fishing ships illegally entered Indonesian waters in May and June, leading to a stand-off with Indonesian patrol craft that ended when one of the Chinese vessels aimed a large-caliber gun at the Indonesians.
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One man and his son were aboard an SUV that was hit directly in the windshield by large-caliber bullets.
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Police reported that he had been hit by more than 40 large-caliber bullets at a range of approximately a meter.
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