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The phrase "a sort of shot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or is similar to a shot, often in a metaphorical or informal context.
Example: "The photographer captured a sort of shot that perfectly conveyed the emotion of the moment."
Alternatives: "a kind of shot" or "a type of shot".
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Inside the box and with a shooting opportunity, he's distracted by the presence of Lukaku, sort of hedging with a sort of cross, that's too much of a sort of shot to quite arrive in his path.
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Here's a good example, although I'm surprised it took them a couple of weeks to produce: A sort-of-shot-for-shot recreation of filmmaker Hollis Frampton's Manhattan time-lapse, "Surface Tension". A 160-second excerpt from Frampton's 1968 film, most likely shot on 16mm, was all the rage on the Web earlier this month.
I was a sort of shot-caller in there, because I did the laundry and cooked the meals.
The only Vikings defender to have any sort of shot at tackling Griffin near the line of scrimmage was linebacker Chad Greenway, who dove at Griffin's ankles as he went by but came up empty.
We go through our files and reread old rejection letters, a sort of booster shot for immunity against bad reviews.
The line could be interpreted as a sort of warning shot for another Sylvia who would enter Luce's orbit some 50 years later, Sylvia Jukes Morris.
The striking Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union had been cautioned: In a move the Wall Street Journal called "a sort of warning shot," three plants had already been shut down, eliminating 627 jobs on Monday.
Of the new Swap Force characters I liked RattleShake, a cowboy serpent who shoots snakes out of his six gun – these either damage enemies or grab and retrieve items, adding a sort of Quack Shot mechanic.
Miniature sets and props are easily manipulated to create changes in perspective, so that a character seen in a sort of long shot, profiled against the horizon, reappears in close-up almost instantly.
66 mins Scaloni's sort-of-shot found Rodriguez, who spun onto it with a menacing twinkle in his eye, but the defence holds firm.
But in terms of enduring legacy a different sort of shot will count for more.
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