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  • past participle of shoot.
  • past tense form of shoot.
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shot

[shot] / ʃɒt /




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On June 9, the president posted at 12:38 p.m. that Iran had shot down an Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, adding, “The United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Anyone out there want to give it a shot?

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

The three-hour epic, which stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Anne Hathaway, was the first theatrical release to be shot entirely with Imax 70mm film cameras.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The film shot Curry Barker onto the A-list of new directing talent and made a star of Inde Navarrette and her virtuosically unhinged performance as Nikki.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Once they shot a reindeer, only to find that they’d hit a log.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

More studies are needed to compare different kinds of caffeinated coffee with tea, soda, energy drinks and energy shots, and foods.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

He said GenAI workflows have now been used on roughly 300 Netflix titles, mostly in post-production, adding: "We're leveraging GenAI for really complicated shots and sequences."

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Argentina’s physical approach, which saw them finish with all those fouls and zero shots on target, didn’t win them many friends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The company uses the technology mostly in postproduction processes and uses generative AI for “really complicated shots and sequences,” Sarandos said during the call.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The next day, when Annie and I went out to our old backboard to shoot a few foul shots, we saw from a distance that somebody had spray painted graffiti on the backboard.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

“Keep your guns shotted and your powder dry!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

In a solid line of two ranks, with Spencer carbines full shotted, the two magnificent regiments deployed into line on our right.

From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey

This grew more and more certain as the time glided on, and Roberts went so far as to assert that he could tell the difference between the unshotted and the shotted guns which followed.

From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Piffard, Harold

The bark was hove to, and her flag came down in a hurry as if to avoid all danger of further shotted cannonading.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

It was three days march for the enemy from Moncacy and in that time Washington was in a state of defence; all the forts were manned and the heavy guns loaded and shotted.

From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton

“Maybe I should stop drop shotting and start winning,” Melzer said with a laugh.

From New York Times May 27, 2010

When bass are near a weedy bottom, Lillegard favors vertical jigging or drop shotting above the vegetation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not being able to aggravate us into shotting our guns, what must he turn to and do but load with stone—and look at that flag!

From The Honour of the Flag by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

You know my fun is a sort of fizz—there's nothing but a flash—nothing to hurt—no shotting.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore

Rifles should always be cleaned from the breach, thus avoiding possible injury to the rifling at the muzzle, which would affect the shotting adversely.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by Department, U. S. War




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