Example Sentences

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Shootouts involve strictly individual play, not team-wide strategy.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Shootouts and penalty shots are similar structurally but different functionally.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Shootouts weren’t yet introduced to the NHL — ties were eliminated in 2005 — but it was required to determine the outcome 25 years later to the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2018

Shootouts in close confines present particular hazards, said John C. Cerar, a retired New York police deputy inspector who was the commander of the department’s firearms training.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2014

We've put in a lap or two there, including our just-completed 125 and 250 Shootouts.

From Time Magazine Archive