shooting

Example Sentences

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Deming, who arrived after shooting began, swung into action quickly to get up to speed for his two episodes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

"We made too many mistakes, and this is not something that we can do. We are shooting ourselves in the foot, we are hurting ourselves."

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Last week also produced a bearish shooting star on the weekly chart, at all-time highs, reinforcing the idea that upside momentum may be stalling.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The Earth’s atmosphere has always incinerated bits of incoming debris—we call them shooting stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Each had a sign on its door with the name of the movie that was shooting inside.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti