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[shoot] / ʃut /




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Riz in the conversation talks about how they went out of their way to shoot in parts of London that you don’t normally see.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And we were scheduled to shoot that much later, but it came up the —

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Though he didn’t lay a fingertip on the basketball, Robinson accomplished his mission, stretching his long arms into an obstacle even the super-sized Wembanyama couldn’t shoot over cleanly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Yarrow had to navigate the packed schedule of Norway captain and Premier League champion Martin Odegaard - who was in Budapest with Arsenal for the Champions League final on the day of the squad shoot.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

It’s hard for humans to cut through bamboo with an ax, but the panda peels and eats a single bamboo shoot in forty seconds!

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh




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