drive-by shooting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Tuesday to staging a 2020 drive-by shooting incident in which he claimed to have been targeted and shot near Morgan Hill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Israeli police mistakenly arrested two Emirati tourists in Tel Aviv last summer while hunting for a criminal who carried out a drive-by shooting.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
The ground was black and clayey and riddled with hundreds of slate arrow points, as if from a prehistoric drive-by shooting.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
The man who was arrested and charged after a drive-by shooting at "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson's Louisiana estate is now suing him and his family members for defamation.
From Fox News ● Apr. 24, 2021
John Crace in the Guardian says the prime minister's statement to the Commons became less a debate on the EU referendum than a drive-by shooting - with the mayor as the target.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2016
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