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A good guy with a gun just did something gun control laws couldn’t do — stop a would-be mass shooter.
Although she took downpayments from would-be tenants, they never gained access to the property and the money was not refunded.
Source: https://caymannewsservice.com/2023/03/local-woman-charged-over-rental-deposit-scam/
An armed Texas couple got into a shootout with two would-be robbers at a gas station Tuesday, wounding one of the suspects, according to police.
Source: https://nypost.com/2023/06/28/husband-wife-get-in-shootout-with-armed-robbers-at-texas-gas-station/
And because it’s a new experience for him, we hear he’s been busy preparing his sales pitch to make it as compelling as possible for his would-be business partners.
Source: https://business.inquirer.net/381864/biz-buzz-hotel-101-going-global
And he said, ‘I like hitting people’,” Ann Tindall recalls of a development trip that included would-be world champions Jeff Horn and George Kambosos.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/boxing/2023/01/28/boxer-liam-wilson-title-bid/
And Klain, would-be election thief, Supreme Court fixer, Obama hack, and ghost author of a plagiarized book, runs through 30 years of Democrat corruption in Washington.
Source: https://spectator.org/ron-klain-is-bidens-brain-and-hes-leaving/
And which would-be rookie would transition to second base, whether it be now or down the road, if the Yankees’ goal is to have the two serve as their middle infield of the future?
A quick-thinking boy who saw a would-be kidnapper try to abduct his 8-year-old sister fought off her assailant by firing at him.
Source: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/1zplp438nu/Michigan-boy-uses-slingshot-to-save-year.htm
A River North building sustained major damage Thursday morning after would-be thieves crashed an SUV into it, Chicago police said.
Source: https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crash-river-north-superior-street-cpd/14122331/
As banks become increasingly strict, would-be borrowers can be turned down for misdemeanours as slight as a couple of missed credit card payments in the recent past.
As the cast hides out in Phoebe’s country manor from their would-be killer, Joe’s sharp, prickly, art director-love interest this season, Kate, tells him, “Rich people are awful to each other too—who promised nice?”
A would-be kidnapper was thwarted after he messed with the wrong group of middle school students, police in Maryland say.
Source: https://www.newser.com/story/332980/would-be-kidnapper-messed-with-the-wrong-group-of-kids.html
A would-be millionaire in British Columbia is a at risk of losing a fortune, if they don’t cash in a winning Lotto ticket in the next few weeks.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9940968/winning-1m-b-c-lottery-ticket-set-to-expire-if-left-unclaimed/
A would-be robber was shot and injured in the busy commercial hub of Halfway Tree this morning.
Source: https://nationwideradiojm.com/would-be-robber-shot-injured-in-halfway-tree/
But even if China continues to limit its involvement to the role of Kremlin apologist and gadfly would-be peacemaker, the impact on tensions between America and China may help ensure the war in Ukraine continues to expand in ways no one can control.
Source: https://time.com/6259621/china-ukraine-war-peace-plan-consequences/
But the most pressing issue among these would-be censors is books in a public library.
But there's another crime or would-be crime that is one of the scariest, perhaps especially for women: Stalking.
Source: https://710keel.com/ixp/156/p/walmart-stalker-texas/
Chowdhury griped, saying it’s tough to afford that kind of cost on his minimum-wage salary — especially after another would-be executioner left him high and dry on the wet work.
Draped by a trio of would-be Peebles tacklers, West Union quarterback Allen Knauff still manages to get off this pass attempt in action from the September 9 “Battle of 41” at Freedom Field.
Source: https://www.peoplesdefender.com/2023/09/14/indians-dominate-in-battle-of-41/
Earlier this year, deals by tech giants seemed totally off the table, as regulators worried that prospective buyers could use their scale to crush would-be future competition in fledgling markets.