slap shot
Example Sentences
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Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
Keller then blasted a slap shot that Carpenter redirected in for a 1-0 lead.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Turcotte’s first goal of the season on a tip-in put the Kings back in front early in the third period before Edmundson doubled the lead on a slap shot from outside the right faceoff circle.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025
“Russian Machine never breaks,” Ovechkin once said, after limping off the ice courtesy of a slap shot to the foot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2025
Now she looks up . . . and Amigliato takes a slap shot!
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
