kill shot
Americannoun
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“It was that split-second beforehand, right before you hit that QB, right before you wrap him up … not go for the kill shot every time. Just make the play.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
All told, Whedon transformed a chance to salvage his image into a kill shot to his career prospects for the immediate future.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022
“Anytime you try to get a kill shot, you’ll probably get juked off the screen and end up on “Checkdown” Instagram,” Vaccaro said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
“There has never been a time 30 years radio 22 on Fox where I felt a bullseye at my head every single day. It’s an attempted kill shot a day,” Mr. Hannity wrote.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2019
For the kill shot, I posted it and Crew Chrissie with a blinking red alert on the Brandywine Hollows HS community page, which the teachers and administrators checked all the time.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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