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MIAMI’S SHOT: Bosh has waited patiently for his chance to be a first-option again, and Wade has made trying to silence doubters an annual occurrence.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2014

No such alarming odds, if— IF!—ay, there was the rub—IF we had SHOT, as well as powder for our guns; IF we had not only MEN but MEAT.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

In the centre of her palm lay four shining double B SHOT.

From Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Harte, Bret

No such alarming odds, if - IF!—ay, there was the rub—IF we had SHOT, as well as powder for our guns; IF we had not only MEN but MEAT.

From Adventures of Major Gahagan by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Free from the defects named in the following rules for the use of the inspecting instruments: FOR SHOT.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance