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
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Jalen Johnson led Atlanta with 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while CJ McCollum, who had shaped too much of this series already, was limited to six points on 3-for-10 shooting.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
New York — Seven families of victims in a February school shooting sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday, alleging the company and its ChatGPT chatbot were complicit in the injuries or deaths of their children.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
The next shooting will not be prevented by a case that will be indicted three years from now.
—Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California.
—Calvin Woodward, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
New York — Seven families of victims in a February school shooting sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday, alleging the company and its ChatGPT chatbot were complicit in the injuries or deaths of their children.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
The next shooting will not be prevented by a case that will be indicted three years from now.
—Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California.
—Calvin Woodward, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Shooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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