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Example Sentences

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A Pasadena police officer shot and wounded a colleague in the shoulder inside the department’s parking garage last September during an incident the police chief described as “unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

What a shame that no one told the Wayans that so “Scary Movie” could have a shot at actually being good.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

He chased Fox down in the open court and swatted his shot out of the air.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Key details: Higher oil and gas prices weren’t the only reason wholesale inflation shot up again in May.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“When everything went black, I gave us a fifty-fifty shot of being dead,” Regan said, and then she sniffed and turned to me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin