- present participle of shoot.
shooting
Example Sentences
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She said that while she supports ending ICE’s firearms training at the site, she will allow CBP to continuing using the shooting range for training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Ingrid Stokes, who was present at the time of the shooting, testified that she and her friends were driving around Las Vegas that night, before they ran into Knight and Shakur.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, leading the prosecution, said Castro had lied about being attacked before the shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Ateneo de Zamboanga president Father Guillrey Andal, confirming the two fatalities, said the school was "deeply saddened" by the shooting and was cooperating with the investigation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Deep inside him, he knew that if he took that shooting star, he could tell it where to go.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
