- plural of shot.
shots
Example Sentences
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He throws down dunks and swats away shots as easily as most people tie their shoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Watching Woods with a club in his hand was a thrill: the swagger, the self-assurance, the shots that made the impossible look ho-hum.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Chacarra, who has won three times already this season, finished his front nine with three straight birdies to turn in two-under 34 but dropped shots at 13 and 15 to lie five back of Luiten.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Stephen Miller has been calling a lot of the shots already,” said Bruce D. Brown, president of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The man with the mustache posed beside the entryway, smiling like a tourist while his friend snapped a series of surveillance shots.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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