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  • noun Alternative spelling of shootout.

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Examples

  • At the end, we had a big shoot-out over the stalling tactics.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • We were running a large trade deficit with the Japanese and we were in the middle of a big shoot-out over access to their markets.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • At the end, we had a big shoot-out over the stalling tactics.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • We were running a large trade deficit with the Japanese and we were in the middle of a big shoot-out over access to their markets.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • At the end, we had a big shoot-out over the stalling tactics.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • We were running a large trade deficit with the Japanese and we were in the middle of a big shoot-out over access to their markets.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Although you are speaking before the National Football League's 2011 season kick off between the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints, the pressure and intensity is more akin to the fútbol moment weary fans are only too familiar with: the nail biting end when the hard-fought soccer championship between teams tied in skill and public support hinges on a postgame penalty shoot-out.

    Viviana Hurtado: Open Letter to Barack Obama: Mr. President, Three Plays to Score a Jobs Golazo Viviana Hurtado 2011

  • Colombian commandos followed up on the bombing raid, rappelling down from helicopters and engaging in a shoot-out with Mr. Cano and members of his security detail.

    Colombia Officials Say Top FARC Leader Is Killed in Bombing Darcy Crowe 2011

  • His penalty in the shoot-out was terrific and he is very good when he is confident and on his penalties he is.

    David Moyes takes Mikel Arteta off Everton set piece duty 2011

  • A friend visiting his sister in Patzcuaro was witness to a shoot-out.

    Recommendations? 2009

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