had shot
- past perfect of shoot.
Example Sentences
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The Ukrainian military said air defences had shot down 18 out of 41 missiles.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Revolutionary Guard said early Sunday it had shot down an MQ-1 drone that flew over its territorial waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
The Jordanian military announced it had shot down a drone of unknown origin in its airspace.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
There had been ample warnings that stocks with price momentum had shot up too quickly, and on Thursday gravity reasserted itself.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
The immediate task at hand was to carefully review, cut, and splice selections from the four hundred thousand feet of raw film she had shot at the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
