38
Americannoun
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38s,
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38's
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a pistol or revolver using a cartridge approximately .38 inch in diameter.
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the cartridge itself.
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Zuppello concluded the child was a full-term baby of between 38 and 40 weeks development and had been placed face down.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Adell has driven in 28 runs in 38 games with Cleveland and joins glittering rookie Chase DeLauter and steady veteran Steven Kwan in a productive outfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The duo are set to play 38 gigs across 11 venues in Britain, Europe and the US, according to the paper.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Of the 43 rescued, 38 were passengers and four were crew, said Cayabyab.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It would be ridiculous if cars drove at 30 miles an hour and 40 miles an hour, but never at 33 or 38 miles an hour.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Proposition 38's campaign has raised nearly $48 million - mostly from Molly Munger, the wealthy Los Angeles attorney who put the measure on the ballot.
From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2012
"It was grand theft," of Prop 38's themes, and required a direct response, Prop 38 spokesman Nathan Ballard said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2012
The 38's large windows and hullside accents all work together to complement her rakish appearance, negating the tendency for such designs to look bloated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Blount's design team was responsible for the 38's shape from her chine down and for estimating her weight and center of gravity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The accounts he gives of British line-of-battle ships fleeing from American 44's quite match James' anecdotes of the latter's avoidance of British 38's and 36's for fear they might mount twenty-four-pounders.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
"And then my copy is illegible. To the right, it says, about eight, I think 38s, nine 9s."
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2022
“I have been stuck on 40 a couple times, 38s and borderline 40s,” Beal said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017
“To score two 38s in two days against pretty strong competition, that’s saying something.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2015
I steadfastly ignored several Number 38s that would have carried me home in comfort.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2011
This mantle, which would not have been dearly bought for 3l. 10s. or 4l., was injudiciously ticketed at 38s.
From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Anthony Trollope
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