shoot at

phrase

variants or shoot for

: to aim at : strive for

Examples of shoot at in a Sentence

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He had been shot at least five times – in his right arm, his left leg, his right foot, and twice in his abdomen, said Constance DiAngelo, a forensic pathologist who reviewed funeral home photographs of Beloozerov’s body at CNN’s request. — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

The short format shows shot at Flying Point Media in Southampton have guests like Wölffer Estate Vineyard’s Roman Roth, Southampton Playhouse artistic director Eric Kohn and funny movie critic Bill McCuddy. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Related Stories The images were shot at the Kilimanjaro and Maasai Mara locations, two of the African settings featured in the film. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

License plate readers have been shot at in Tennessee, hit with a truck in California, beat with a baseball bat in Virginia, cut down with a saw in Texas and splattered with paint in New York. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for shoot at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat