- present participle of shoot.
shooting
Example Sentences
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Speaking publicly for the first time since the shooting, Becca Good told a news conference on the lawsuits on Thursday: "The whole world had to watch as our entire universe was destroyed."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The investigation into the shooting and what led up to it is ongoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The shooting took place in Wedela, a semi-rural township of brick houses and small businesses, surrounded by wide expanses of land used for mining.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Ukraine’s battlefield-management system, known as Delta, “fully integrates every single drone, every sensor, and every shooting platform into just one single network,” then-U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“If things go right, you could be riding and shooting before you know it.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
