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The phrase "a parting shot" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a final remark or action, often one that is intended to be critical or hurtful, made before leaving a situation or ending a conversation.
Example: "Before storming out of the meeting, she made a parting shot about their lack of professionalism."
Alternatives: "final jab" or "last remark".
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Syracuse gave the rivalry a parting shot.
As a parting shot, she scolds Kushner.
As a parting shot, he offers a statistic.
Mr. Eikenberry's impassioned remarks may have been a parting shot as he prepares to step down.
I try a parting shot about his post-World Cup plans.
As a parting shot, he playfully scolded: "Compensation is a word you should never, never use".
Was it because he delivered a parting shot before escaping Delhi?
As a parting shot, I think I feel confident enough to make a promise.
The lander's suite of microcameras had taken a parting shot of Rosetta moments after separation.
Then, zipping his cagoule purposefully, this sonic sorcerer and eccentric sweetheart issues a parting shot.
As a parting shot she says: "Why don't you come back?
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