shoot at
Example Sentences
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Police officers, for example, are often trained not to shoot at moving cars.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
They only had two hours to film and Doherty described the shoot at the restaurant as crazy.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
In contrast, the Department of Justice’s use-of-force policy makes it explicit that officers should not shoot at a vehicle if they can protect themselves by “moving out of the path of the vehicle.”
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
Earlier that morning, Doncic did a photo shoot at a Manhattan home once owned by an Olsen twin—please don’t ask me which one, I can’t remember.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025
When a German pilot shot down a Pe-2 dive-bomber and found that a woman had been flying it, his commanding officer told him: “Don’t mention it to anyone. We don’t shoot at women.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
