plural shootings
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: the act of shooting a gun
But shooting is many a man's choice, especially up at the great hunting clubs like Choctaw Bluff …—
Harriet de Rosišre
Harriet de Rosišre2
: an instance of gun violence directed toward a person or group of people
a drive-by shooting
mass shootings
… a clutch of outspoken student activists flipped the national script on school shootings in America.—Dahlia Lithwick
Dahlia Lithwick3
: the act of photographing or filming someone or something
A large fan specially designed to create the effect of wind during shooting.—Ira Konigsberg
Ira KonigsbergThat part of filmmaking that comes immediately after the shooting is completed …—Ira Konigsberg
Ira KonigsbergExamples of shooting in a Sentence
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There have been at least 63 police shootings in Arizona so far in 2025, with at least 45 of them being fatal.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Derrick White picked up his third foul midway through the second quarter and finished with 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting.
—Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Investigators are exploring every possible motive in the early-morning shooting that killed Mark Calcagni, longtime general manager of San Francisco’s famous Condor Club, who was found gunned down near his Santa Rosa home earlier this month.
—Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The prosecutor’s office deemed the officer's actions self-defense in the September shooting.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Derrick White picked up his third foul midway through the second quarter and finished with 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting.
—Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Investigators are exploring every possible motive in the early-morning shooting that killed Mark Calcagni, longtime general manager of San Francisco’s famous Condor Club, who was found gunned down near his Santa Rosa home earlier this month.
—Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The prosecutor’s office deemed the officer's actions self-defense in the September shooting.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Shooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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