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.45's

  • plural of .45.
.45s
  • plural of .45.
45's
  • plural of 45.
45s
  • plural of 45.

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The Astros, born as the Houston Colt .45’s in 1962, have won none and have only played in one, losing to the Chicago White Sox in 2005.

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2017

Never been worse, not even when they were the Colt .45's.

From Newsweek May 29, 2010

Notwithstanding the grim assertiveness of belts full of .45's and the peeping handles of long-barreled Colts, set off with picturesque chaps, sombreros and tinkling spurs, the scene was one of peaceful content and good-fellowship.

From Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up by Mulford, Clarence Edward

Gents, I've too much reespect for them good old faithful .45's of mine to play it as low down on 'em as all that.'

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert

Before the 1962 season, Cárdenas moved on to serve as the lead play-by-play announcer for Houston’s new team, then known as the Colt .45s.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

The National League followed suit in 1962, adding the New York Mets and Houston Colt .45s.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2023

Instead he enrolled at Oakland City College, now a university, where he played baseball before signing with an expansion team, the Houston Colt .45s, in 1962.

From Washington Post Oct. 12, 2020

They began as the expansion Colt .45s in 1962.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2017

Next Joe Mondragon himself came in asking for two boxes of .30-30s and one box each of .45s,

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

And the co-owner with Michael Jordan of Wallace’s car at 23XI Racing managed to whittle about a tenth of a second off the No. 45’s lead over the closing laps.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2022

The world number 45's run to his first Grand Slam final saw him fined for several outbursts on court.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2022

Agodon, who is a poet and a professor at Pacific Lutheran University, later published a piece titled “Getting an IUD on the Day of 45’s Inauguration.”

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2022

"Our children deserve better. They really do," the teacher told FOX 45's investigative team, Project Baltimore, on the condition of anonymity.

From Fox News Feb. 3, 2022

The prospector stood forward, at the same time producing from an open holster blackened by time one of the long-barrelled single-action Colt's 45's, so universally in use on the frontier.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

In the 1980s, jukeboxes with 45s gave way to CD jukeboxes, then a generation later, to streaming ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 14, 2026

I had the Fisher-Price turntable with the 45s, and I was listening to all kinds of music.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2025

Age categories for over 45s, 50s, 55s, 60s, 65s and 70s for both men and women, saw thousands of players take part.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2024

The document does not explicitly say whether the rockets that would be produced for Russia were Sakr 45s, but such rockets would be compatible with Russian Grad multiple rocket launchers.

From Washington Post Apr. 10, 2023

Byron exploded through the front door with an armful of 45s and Momma right on his tail.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis