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[shoot] / ʃut /




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We conducted background calls with engineers and former employees and secured access to shoot at Voltarc’s Connecticut facility.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

“It opens the door for all sorts of conspiracy theories, and I can’t really shoot any of those down. That’s the problem,” Crandall said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Then I’ll shoot back up to Koreatown and get dinner.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The sweet memories from the shoot are in sharp contrast to those from neighbouring Sweden.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

“I don’t believe a hamster can shoot a rubber band,” she said sternly.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Red and fallow deer eat grasses, leaves and shoots of trees, as well as acorns, sweet chestnuts and horse chestnuts.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Ramírez considered herself one of the creative directors of the cohort, masterminding video shoots and making sure their social media marketing stayed consistent with the festival’s branding.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

“This could be the first evidence of green shoots following actions management has taken to improve organic growth,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Carla Cressy worked as a model from the age of five until she was 17, but kept collapsing on shoots.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Here, there, I add green to signify shoots, new stalks, branches slowly, ever so slowly becoming baby trees.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Rushworth was also beaten by a scuffed Odegaard shot for the third.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Mark Hulbert described the complex relationship between the stock market and interest rates and explained why the stock market hasn’t fallen significantly, even as long-term rates have shot up.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Aftonbladet newspaper reported that the attacker had been shot in the leg by police.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The Ghanaian found space down the right flank and fired a shot that Angus Gunn easily controlled.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

His eye shot open just as, in the distant forest, the emerald light of Progress clapped out.

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

An immigration officer charged in an on-duty Minneapolis shooting has been held in a Texas jail.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Yet who really expects the prime minister to be shooting and uploading his own content?

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

I asked him if he’d seen the post Eatherly had made prior to the shooting about how his child’s mother wants to change her son’s surname because of how Chud had tarnished it.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Two other immigration officials involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave after video evidence showed their sworn testimony was “untruthful.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

It had to do with the structure of the loans, which were fixed for two or three years at an artificially low teaser rate before shooting up to the “go-to” floating rate.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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