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Sentence examples for shooting spree from inspiring English sources

The phrase "shooting spree" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to an incident in which a person fires multiple shots indiscriminately in rapid succession. For example, "The city is still reeling from the recent shooting spree that left four people dead and several others injured."

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shooting spree

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The random shooting of multiple people with no obvious motive

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Another shooting spree; another debate about American gun laws.

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The New Yorker

SATEL: The tools to prevent another shooting spree.

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The Washington Post

Another  shooting spree; another debate about American gun laws.

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The New Yorker

That morning, a "wild action" — a spontaneous Gestapo shooting spree — broke out.

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The New Yorker

It was Britain's deadliest shooting spree since the Dunblane massacre in 1996.

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The Economist

A shooting spree through Orange County, Calif., left four people dead, including the shooter.

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The New York Times

A shooting spree — it's hard to detect - shooting sprees draw international media attention.

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Last November a Muslim army major killed 12 people in a shooting-spree in Texas.

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The Economist

going on a shooting-spree.

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TechCrunch

There's no way the NYPD's special-victims unit would be working this interstate shooting-spree case.

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Huffington Post

Authorities said the shooting spree began at approximately 4 p.m., Wednesday, in a medical brigade building.

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