shot

Example Sentences

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The end on Wednesday proved to be Anunoby leaping to control the rebound of Brunson's shot and slot it home.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Mudau would probably have had one touch, and then a shot.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

I’m calling my shot: This will be the year that the Three Lions, the bungling, deadbeat clown show of international soccer, finally do it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

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

Then Ba spun around, and from the cutting look he shot my way, I knew that I was found out.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu