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short shot

NOUN
quickie
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She wore her hair short, shot tigers and was an ace polo player.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2024

Wood missed a short shot but was fouled.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022

He managed a dunk but then missed a short shot.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020

It’s a short shot, obviously, so the tendency here is to slow the club down through impact in fear of hitting it too far.

From Golf Digest • Feb. 11, 2019

It was a short shot, not more than two hundred yards, and Mukoki fired but once just as the bull mounted the hilltop.

From The Wolf Hunters A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness by Curwood, James Oliver




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