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Examples of turkey shoot in a Sentence
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Netanyahu is not engaging in some turkey shoot against innocent civilians.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
Rushing four a lot was a mistake vs. a QB who loves unchallenged turkey shoots.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
This jacket was warm enough for sitting in a blind to hunt mid-season deer and antelope, and for a chilly, early-spring turkey shoot for one tester in the Wildcat Hills region of western Nebraska.
—Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
The event includes a turkey shoot, vendor expo, hayride, touch a truck, silent auction, gun raffle, music, games and prizes.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2022
The Times reported that police had held a turkey shoot and were providing 150 families with turkeys.
—Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
Last month, the Community Auto Group once again underwrote all the shotgun shells used in the popular fall turkey shoots held by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 in Baytown.
—Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2019
Held each weekend in April and October, the turkey shoots are a major source of operating funds for the 97-year-old post.
—Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2019
Take aim: The Medina County Izaak Walton League fall turkey shoots are under way Sundays thru Nov. 24, except Oct. 13 during Fall Foliage Tour.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Turkey shoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turkey%20shoot. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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