How to Use one-shot in a Sentence

one-shot

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• Crossroads turned out to be a one-shot fluke for her movie career.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• All that got him was a one-shot lead in a season finale very much up for grabs.
  — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
• Getting close for a one-shot kill has always been the challenge.
  — Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
• The four other four one-shots will be released one-by-one on a monthly basis.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 June 2024
• Justin Rose, who had a one-shot lead at the start of the day, shot 75 and was seven shots back.
  — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
• Gagné explained that a custom cable was built for the one-shot movement.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025
• As most people know, most movie scenes are not one-shot wonders and require several takes.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
• Meanwhile, Justin Rose was catching fire and took a one-shot lead for a moment.
  — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
• Getting two mouflon proved no more difficult than knocking over the aoudad; both were one-shot kills.
  — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
• Years later, some would claim that the magazine was a lark, that it was intended to be a one-shot deal.
  — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
• Conversions would produce plenty of one-shot income, but not the long-term cash stream brought by high rents.
  — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
• The band has regularly been approached about one-shot reunions, right?
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
• After that, Cobbs had one-shot roles on the most notable TV dramas of their time.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 July 2024
• The company also frames the device as cumulative rather than a one-shot fix.
  — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
• Snow falling upwards, a B-side to the self, two lovers in a one-shot take, that pause before the final chorus.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
• Two putts later and a second jacket was his, a one-shot victory over Sheffler.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
• The plan to monetize unpaid bills is also a one-shot solution, experts warned.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
• Unfortunately, Camp David was proposed as a one-shot deal, make it or break it.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Berger himself birdied the easiest hole on a difficult course to hold a one-shot advantage.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
• Holding onto the one-shot lead over both chasers, Lee steadied himself after that shaky 16th tee shot.
  — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
• This is one of the cleanest one-shots in Visions' entire three-season run so far, and it's told with lots of composure.
  — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• Then Green Mountain drew a one-shot foul at the other end, and Ben Shungu made the free throw.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
• Some numbers, like the one-shot sequence in Episode 2, are grounded in reality.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
• While that could be viewed as a one-shot waiver to resolve the A’s stadium odyssey, a precedent has nonetheless been set.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• McIlroy had already birdied 16 and taken a one-shot advantage.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
• That Sunday in Cromwell, Fleetwood held a one-shot lead heading into the final hole.
  — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
• The top two are PvP-specific, resulting in lots of one-shot, unavoidable deaths.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• Ludvig grinding without his best Åberg entered Saturday with a one-shot lead.
  — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
• Scribes Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz tease the new one-shot, as well as a formal Part 3.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
• Hovland carried a one-shot lead over Scheffler into Sunday’s final round.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026