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shooter

[shoo-ter] / ˈʃu tər /




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Shortly after the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Patel tweeted that the shooter was in custody; it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Unlike in football and basketball, where a superstar quarterback or red-hot shooter can carry a team to success by himself, an individual player in baseball can only do so much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It took 19 minutes from the time the fatal shot was fired for campus officials to send the first active shooter alert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"We know that the defendant is the shooter… first, because of the video evidence; second, because of the DNA; third, because of his admissions; and fourth, because of circumstantial evidence," McBride said.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Whenever I shot around with my dad, the shooter got the ball back after a made basket, so I passed the ball to her and she shot again, and then again, and again.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

Designed to stop school shooters, these drones were inspired by the Ukraine war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Garcia joined Fields in the back row, watching as Steel cross-examined Kacey Hester, also known as OTF Jam, one of the admitted shooters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Martin Palafox, the second unit director on “Juiced” and one of the straighter shooters in “O.J. Unseen,” says, “I took the show because I needed to eat.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Days later, the courtroom gallery was abuzz when Ye slid into the second row, while one of the shooters, who has pleaded guilty, testified for the government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

But shooters did not like to shoot a walker, because even a killed walker was worth no more than a wounded flyer—that is, one point in the scorekeeper’s book.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli




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