SHOT AT Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

shot at

phrase

variants or shot for

past tense of shoot at

as in tried

to make an effort to do Let's shoot at a 6:30 arrival.

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Recent Examples of shot at According to reporting by The New York Times, at least 23 people have been shot at by ICE agents since early 2025. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The concert film Paul Thomas Anderson shot at Carnegie Hall last year with Geese frontman Cameron Winter has been acquired by Janus Films and Criterion and will begin a theatrical, 35mm rollout on November 20. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 According to the synopsis, the film was shot at night on Tel Aviv rooftops and focuses on the killings of Palestinian civilians. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Detroit police say a 15-year-old boy is in custody after two relatives of a DPD sergeant were shot at a liquor store on East Warren Street on Friday. — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 People have stolen the cameras, sawed them down, crashed into them with cars, covered them in paint and stickers, and shot at them. — Meg Anderson, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026 Troops shot at an ambulance that was driving to retrieve casualties from an Israeli offensive, then fired on several other emergency vehicles that went out to look for the first one, according to phone footage and the sole survivor of the shootings. — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 His mother said he was shot at 15 times in front of his house at 5600 block of West 21st Ave. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 That’s before the state of California takes its own piece over the incident with the chase through La Jolla when Cary (Drew Starkey) shot at law enforcement. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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