shooting gallery
noun
1
: a usually covered range equipped with targets for practice with firearms
2
slang
: a place where one can obtain narcotics and shoot up
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The Ghostbusters shooting gallery attraction takes place in the team's firehouse headquarters (of course) and nearby is one of the most Instagrammable restaurants of any theme park worldwide.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Under this plan, if China attempted to invade Taiwan, the U.S. Navy would deploy thousands of unmanned surface vessels, undersea vessels, and aircraft to turn the Taiwan Strait into a shooting gallery, buying time for the U.S. fleet to mobilize.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
The Zapper is part of a 13-person shooting gallery with an IMAX-sized screen that assaults the senses.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
The crowd-pleasing rally of slice and dice, topspin and dropshots are a mere cameo in a shooting gallery.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Under this plan, if China attempted to invade Taiwan, the U.S. Navy would deploy thousands of unmanned surface vessels, undersea vessels, and aircraft to turn the Taiwan Strait into a shooting gallery, buying time for the U.S. fleet to mobilize.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
The Zapper is part of a 13-person shooting gallery with an IMAX-sized screen that assaults the senses.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
The crowd-pleasing rally of slice and dice, topspin and dropshots are a mere cameo in a shooting gallery.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Shooting gallery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20gallery. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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