shooting out
Example Sentences
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The team used technology called LIDAR, which measures pollution in the atmosphere by shooting out lots of laser pulses and seeing which bounce back off something.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Camera lenses on the creatures’ chests took photos of their surroundings, which were then churned through an artificial-intelligence filter before eventually shooting out from printers embedded in their hindquarters onto the fair floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
At short ranges, shooting out nets to tangle up the drone is another method and cheap lasers are also being developed.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
"The regular or 'forward' sprinkler is similar to a rocket, since it propels itself by shooting out jets," adds Ristroph.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
For suddenly...WHOOOSH!...and they looked up and saw a huge four-engined plane come shooting out of a nearby cloud and go whizzing past them not more than twenty feet over their heads.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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