hot shot
Example Sentences
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Pop quiz, hot shot: Why is “Speed” a fantastic, rip-roaring summer spectacle?
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022
More personnel are arriving following the fire’s elevation to one of the top firefighting priorities in the state, including four more hot shot crews, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2021
Third baseman Justin Turner got the Dodgers out of the inning by making an excellent play on a hot shot by the next batter, Mike Zunino, and starting a 5-4-3 double play.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020
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
“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
