marksmen

Rob Lyons kindly sent me a relevant Times Onlinelink, Fox on the run as island calls in marksmen, which reports on the Isle of Man's concerns with elusive foxes illegally imported "in order to provide sport" in the 1980s.

Archive 2004-10-01 Ray Girvan 2004

Rob Lyons kindly sent me a relevant Times Onlinelink, Fox on the run as island calls in marksmen, which reports on the Isle of Man's concerns with elusive foxes illegally imported "in order to provide sport" in the 1980s.

Fox-dumping story resurfaces Ray Girvan 2004

Him living depends completely on where the "marksmen" were aiming. considering his firearm was pointed directly in the air, posing no direct threat at the time, a non-lethal shot would most likely be taken.

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This "Irish line" and these "marksmen" in the front line were probably the company of volunteers under Captain John Forbes from the Alamance, made up of his friends and neighbors, the Allisons, the Kerrs, the Wileys, the Paisleys and others, who had come to take part in the battle.

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers 1846

Meantime we must remark, that the first three of Mr. Campbell's variations are mere caprices of the press; as is Shagspere; or, more probably, this last euphonious variety arose out of the gross clownish pronunciation of the two hiccuping _ "marksmen" _ who rode over to Worcester for the license; and one cannot forbear laughing at the bishop's secretary for having been so misled by two varlets, professedly incapable of signing their own names.

Biographical Essays Thomas De Quincey 1822

Why does the media keep refering to them as "marksmen"?

Evening Standard - Home 2010

Managers immediately called in pest controllers who arranged to take "marksmen" on to the estate in Roehampton, south west London, and use live ammunition to kill up to ten foxes.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

Managers immediately called in pest controllers who arranged to take "marksmen" on to the estate in Roehampton, south west London, and use live ammunition to kill up to ten foxes.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

The police "marksmen" couldn't have shot to wound him (below the hips) - that was a big mistake because they would probably have been granted a few more hours overtime if they did).

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Unless they were serious marksmen, he was in little danger at this distance.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011