hot shot
Example Sentences
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“You’re the hot shot producer man,” says Newton, who is hoping to get out of the country.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024
Meanwhile, owners continually go panting after some collegiate hot shot or inexperienced phenom rather than a Caldwell.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023
In “Dare Me,” on USA, a cheerleading team in a depressed Rust Belt town hires a new coach, a blond hot shot who the rich boosters hope will whip their squad into trophy-winning shape.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
So how fitting that the Disney hot shot who is finally helping dismantle the myth of the white knight is a bright woman.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2019
“He’s a hot shot down here among the grits. A good Yankee guard would eat him alive.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
