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shooting

NOUN
firing a weapon
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“Last year’s mass shooting at Florida State University was a tragedy, but ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime,” OpenAI previously told local news station WEAR-TV in a statement.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

President Trump later claimed that “all shooting will stop” between Israel and Hezbollah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

"At the very least that can prevent miscalculation or reduce the temperatures down to a situation in which they tackle their differences through talking rather than shooting," Taylor said.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The Florida litigation adds to OpenAI’s ongoing legal issues, including a lawsuit related to a mass shooting that took place earlier this year in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia in Canada.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

It had to do with the structure of the loans, which were fixed for two or three years at an artificially low teaser rate before shooting up to the “go-to” floating rate.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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