shoot
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Teams are so afraid to shoot against the unanimous Defensive Player of the Year that, when he is in their path, they often give up and turn around—a phenomenon known as the “Nope.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"We're not people who are super online all the time," Maya says about herself and her friend Safia Nazir, 26, as they travel to a modelling shoot.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
As fans celebrated the dramatic penalty shoot out victory, some 20,000 people converged on the city's iconic Champs-Elysees avenue, police said.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
Maras and Ramsay make the wise choice to shoot the film with richly saturated color instead of the usual grayish, desaturated look often assigned to period pieces set in this era.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
“She’s better,” I whisper to myself as I scratch a patch of dirt clear of leaf litter, then rip out a buckthorn shoot hiding underneath.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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