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But just as Sun closed into position to take her shot, the electronic advertising boards around the court flickered as it changed what was displayed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The turning point came in 1983 when a Soviet fighter shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 after the passenger jet mistakenly flew into Soviet airspace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I’m also aware of the very wonky argument that based on the 49 degree launch angle and 105.3 MPH exit velocity, France’s shot wasn’t going to be a home run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

They survived only because he blasted over with one of his chances, shot tamely with another, lost composure with a third one.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Clare shot a vexed look toward the… well, the world in general, because he was not sure where exactly the Afterlife dwelled.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Vaxcyte shares surged 31% to $73.82 after the drug maker’s experimental pneumonia vaccine compared favorably to two currently available shots in a late-stage clinical trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Once Iñárritu peels the skin off, he resumes taking cheap shots at the exposed wound, reducing our connection to art to a distraction.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The most shots with seven, the most on target with four, most shots in the box with five and the most touches in the opposition box with 11.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Out in the audience, stars Matt Rife and Christine Ko, other actors, and the crew brave the festivalgoers and try to set up for the perfect multi-angled shots of the entrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I took a chance based on something you said to your mom back in her office. It’s the longest of long shots, but since no one is here trying to arrest us, I don’t know.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

“Keep your guns shotted and your powder dry!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

And of what avail then the shotted cannon, the firelocks in the loop-holes!

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree

The guns were shotted, and we could distinctly see the splash of the marble balls as they dropped into the water.

From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by John Auldjo

Out ran one of the latter's port guns, shotted.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard

Well shotted cannon turn their open and angry mouths upon this one poor mortal.

From John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. by Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye) Roe

“Maybe I should stop drop shotting and start winning,” Melzer said with a laugh.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2010

When bass are near a weedy bottom, Lillegard favors vertical jigging or drop shotting above the vegetation.

From Time Magazine Archive

If a hunting-habit be properly cut it will require no shotting, which will be an advantage to your horse in diminishing the weight which he would otherwise have to carry.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Nannie Lambert

An' so the singing an' shotting go on.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Walter Jekyll

Rifles should always be cleaned from the breach, thus avoiding possible injury to the rifling at the muzzle, which would affect the shotting adversely.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by U. S. War Department