shoot
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As fans celebrated the dramatic penalty shoot out victory, some 20,000 people converged on the city's iconic Champs-Elysees avenue, police said.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
"We're not people who are super online all the time," Maya says about herself and her friend Safia Nazir, 26, as they travel to a modelling shoot.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Finales are always a crap shoot and I appreciated how this season managed to show growth and cosmic justice while never tipping into treacle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
"The real thing that we had to do was shoot the balls as fast as possible and pick up the balls as fast as possible to maximise the number that we could shoot," he said.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Raisa managed to shoot down the bomber herself.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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