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as in to gun
to strike with a missile from a gun
hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season
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as in to fly
to proceed or move quickly
some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope
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as in to photograph
to take a photograph of
shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted
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as in to cast
to throw or give off
suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks
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as in to shout
to voice one's opinions freely with force
you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot
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as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
hazel eyes that were brown shot with green
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news
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as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down
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Recent Examples of shoot
Jordan Greene, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
This encourages new shoot development, where the main crop will develop.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2025
Behind the scenes at the music video shoot for the record, Giveon explains how the simplistic approach to the video reflects his recent shift in focus and teases his upcoming album and accompanying tour.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
Brody grows most animated when talking about the grueling, truncated 34-day shoot, stabbing the air for emphasis.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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The kids were immediately on board, and CJ had a six-foot-tall cutout made and overnight-shipped for the shoot.
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The administration has not provided a comprehensive list of who is subject to the firings, how many are being fired, and which positions specifically are exempt.—
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Three volunteers will fire at him through a small opening about 15 feet away.—
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But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own.—
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After reaching a stalemate at the negotiating table, the companies' PR teams usually blast out notices to customers, arguing that the other one is in the wrong and urging people to contact their providers about it.—
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With most of the starters on the bench and Wiggins gunning for 40 points late in the fourth quarter, Monk went to the halfcourt line to say something to teammate Mason Jones.—
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Palmer aces her performance as Dreux, a hardworking and pragmatic waitress gunning to become franchise manager of her diner.—
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Listen to this article A New Jersey man flying from Miami to Newark has been arrested for threatening flight attendants with violence, harassing other passengers and yelling racist slurs while banging on the cockpit door and demanding to see the pilot, federal prosecutors announced Monday.—
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Next, families fly to Cottar’s Bush Villa in the Maasai Mara’s Borana Wildlife Conservancy, where everyone can gather Circle of Life–style for sundowners at the inspiration for Lion King’s Pride Rock.—
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Today’s stars — SZA and Summer Walker, Normani and Arlo Parks, Raye and Tems, to name just a few, along with the women photographed here — are defying industry formats and fans’ expectations.—
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One day he was photographed sitting on the fire escape of a building on the Upper West Side.—
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Rashad Jamal, the former rapper who leads the University of Cosmic Intelligence and is now serving 18 years on child-molestation charges, has repeatedly cast his prosecution as persecution.—
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Music fans cast their votes in a poll published on Friday (Feb. 21) by Billboard, choosing the collaborative track as their favorite new release of the past week.—
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Fans in their team jerseys waved flags, shouted for their countrymen and continued the ritual booing of the opposing national anthem that has become an nightly undercard for a tournament that was the return of NHL stars to the international scene after missing the last two Winter Olympics.—
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There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.—
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Pour remaining egg mixture over top and sprinkle with sliced almonds.—
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Because of this, Keatley suggests eating beans at least 12 to 24 hours before a workout and consistently sprinkling them throughout your diet, focusing on smaller servings at each sitting versus larger ones to minimize side effects.—
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“Shoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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