How to Use a shot across the/someone's bow(s) in a Sentence

a shot across the/someone's bow(s)

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• Experts said the move is significant, but still short of firing a shot across the bow.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2022
• The comments are a shot across the bow ahead of the next UN climate summit.
  — Ben Geman, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
• The case was a boon to white-collar lawyers and a shot across the bow of international sports.
  — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• Maryland’s inability to control the glass should serve as a shot across the bow.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
• This is a shot across the bow of the rest of the technologically advanced world.
  — Mark Minevich, Time, 9 June 2025
• This is a shot across the bow to proponents of the climate security frame.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2011
• Uh, Dan Tierney took a shot across the bow at president Biden.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
• The right-wing has been aiming for fetal personhood for a long time, and this ruling may be a shot across the bow from that cause.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
• The baby formula shortage is a shot across the bow of the FDA.
  — Peter J. Pitts, STAT, 3 June 2022
• The lawsuit is a shot across the bow at one of America’s most successful tech companies.
  — Gary Shapiro, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
• Southern whites viewed Lincoln’s election as a shot across the bow, an act of unbridled aggression.
  — Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2020
• Rohit knows that even in defeat, India have put a shot across the bows of the visitors to suggest normal service resumes soon.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• Nick Saban probably didn’t mean it as a shot across the bow of his former offensive coordinator.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2022
• Loeffler delivered a shot across the bow Saturday that suggested more dirt on Warnock is coming.
  — Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2020
• Before Arone and Kindred’s connection ramped up, King Philip (9-2) opened the game with a shot across the bow.
  — Brendan Kurie, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• These steps amount to a shot across the bow of the oil industry and could eventually depress US fossil fuel production.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 26 Feb. 2021
• Gazprom blamed the move on the West’s decision to withhold vital turbines because of sanctions, but it was seen by politicians in Europe as a shot across the bow.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 11 July 2022
• Durov’s arrest is a shot across the bow for Telegram, which now suddenly finds itself in the sights of European law enforcement and regulators.
  — Josh Axelrod, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
• Yet the move could be a shot across the bow, as Florida has become a haven for billionaires who often fund and launch food innovations meant to remediate the effects of climate change.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 3 May 2024
• This road car with racetrack roots emerged as a shot across the bow of Jaguar after its comely E-type was unveiled at the 1961 Geneva Motor show.
  — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
• Putin could take a shot across the bow of his foes—detonating a single nuclear weapon to demonstrate Russia’s willingness to escalate to widespread nuclear weapons use if his demands are not met.
  — Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2022
• The decision was in many ways a shot across the bow for California officials and residents who have long prided themselves for being a liberal bastion somehow shielded from the edicts of the conservative high court.
  — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022
• The audacious 1,250-cubic-centimeter Pan America Special is a shot across the bow to the European manufacturers that have long dominated this niche market.
  — Mark Gardiner, New York Times, 31 May 2021