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single-shot

[sing-guhl-shot]

adjective

  1. (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of single-shot1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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But what was it like for Doherty, a veteran actor with many credits — including Princess Anne in “The Crown” — to take on a single-shot, 52-minute episode requiring her to parry and push and prod a young actor on his first job?

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Singh said the single-shot technique "can feel like a gimmick" but that the acting is "phenomenal".

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Soderbergh’s camera moves slowly enough for the viewer to forget that they’re an active part of his film, letting each long, single-shot take wander as it would if we were surveying the house ourselves.

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That challenge will be doubly complicated with the QUT vaccine, though, because it requires two doses, as opposed to UniSC's single-shot formula.

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The show is technically a sequel to the 2021 movie “Boiling Point,” a single-shot movie about one catastrophic night at a fancy restaurant.

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