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• That’s the rhythm: open the app, take a shot, try again.
  — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• Still, Dasha wants to take a shot at turning it around.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
• But before the Wolves could take a shot, Blair stole the ball in the paint and drew a foul with three seconds left.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Why wouldn’t a monkey left alone with a gun figure out how to take a shot?
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
• Kind of an old-school senior (type of) player, not afraid to take a shot, make a shot and bark at the bench.
  — David Aldridge, New York Times, 19 June 2025
• Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Pink and black, time to take a shot.
  — Vulture, 7 Jan. 2024
• In the final slide, the host with the most appears to take a shot out of a mini red solo cup.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
• In the region championship, Leah Brooks did not take a shot.
  — al, 26 Feb. 2022
• Ullmark saw another open cage late in the game, but didn’t take a shot.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• Ford also couldn’t help but take a shot at the very public demise of the Musk-Trump partnership.
  — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
• Tap it to launch the camera instantly from standby, press again to take a shot.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• Mostert wasn’t the first player to take a shot at Dolphins culture in recent years.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
• There's just always something to celebrate... take a shot in the suite.
  — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• Watch Kelly Clarkson joke about her weight loss and take a shot with a fan below.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2024
• Rather than take a knee and go into half tied 3-3, head coach Zac Taylor opted to take a shot.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2021
• Rather than take a shot, Prior dished to Reid Habas, who connected from short range.
  — Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
• Based on those factors, take a shot with Fleetwood at 70/1 or better.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
• The junior knifed through traffic, and decided to take a shot himself with nowhere else to turn.
  — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
• Mitchell Robinson played 14 minutes, scored only one point, didn’t take a shot and somehow owned the Celtics.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 17 May 2025
• With the telescope trained on the moon, simply position your smartphone’s lens over the eyepiece and take a shot.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
• So why does Spielman think the Packers should take a shot on Bridgewater?
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2023
• The couple matched in white then toast each other and take a shot in the clip, then smiled after the celebratory drink.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2023
• The video and comment immediately reached the ears of Micah Parsons, who used it to take a shot at Lawrence.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
• Razer has never been afraid to take a shot on products that seem unusual at first glance.
  — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 15 Sep. 2021
• The Panthers, meanwhile, didn’t have a forward take a shot on goal in Game 6 until Barkov did nearly 32 minutes in.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2024
• Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor remembers one of the first times that the team tried to take a shot down the field during his tenure as a head coach.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2021
• That play was designed to lead to the check-down options, not necessarily take a shot down the field.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
• Why not take a shot at one of the year's biggest Powerball jackpots?
  — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
• Bankers and lawyers told the media outlet that companies feel more emboldened to take a shot at deals that merge direct competitors.
  — Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
• On that 26-yard return, Mims appeared to take a shot to the back of his helmet while falling out of bounds.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025