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[shoot] / ʃut /




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Restaurant margins are brutal, and a generated image costs less than a photo shoot.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Here’s something to shoot for: Your mortgage will be gone in about five years, and once that $1,150 payment disappears, your expenses fall to roughly $2,250, which your Social Security check alone would cover.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Last week, representatives for the fast-food chain emailed Silva and the team demanding that all content from the shoot be taken down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

"We shoot over them, but we can't pull them out," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

I would shoot once in the air—which everybody said to do—and the bear would leave.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

To emphasize the ghoulishness, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki shoots the president and his advisors in unflattering low angles with a formaldehyde sheen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Although overall revenue in China has steadily declined over the last two years, dropping 12% in the most recent quarter, Sparks sees green shoots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

But stacking a federal tax credit on top of the newly bolstered California production incentives could help give the state an edge when producers are pricing out location shoots, industry experts say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

At Sychnant Pass today, there are slight green shoots of recovery visible among the charred hillside.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The camper thunks into gear, and G’ma shoots out of their campsite space with more force than Scoob expects.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

“We’re 100% for hiring firefighters and prioritizing public safety. This is not shot at the firefighters. It’s an affordability issue. No one likes the permanence of a tax with no end in sight.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It was hardly a shot across Rice's bows, but certainly an indication of the options available to England.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

If the court agrees, Beaird will have a shot at a more lenient sentence.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

Around mid-morning, Wolf startled a clutch of willow grouse, who shot skywards with indignant gobbles.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

He played in eight postseason games, averaging 1.5 points and shooting 50% from the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"The public is left without a full record of how this encounter ended in a shooting."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Following a mass shooting at Brown University last year, officials urged the public to stop sharing such images out of concern that it would slow down the investigation and search for the suspect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The 82nd can perform a range of missions including shooting down threats and parachuting into hostile territory to secure airfields and land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the water now and then a whale surfaced, with its booming deepwater sound, shooting out jets of water high into the air.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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