Desert
Stray
Stray verb - To commit an offense.
Both words in one sentence
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Tintin: In "The Crab with the Golden Pincers", Captain Haddock is fighting back against the desert raiders when a stray shot shatters his bottle of whiskey.
Source: Negated Moment of Awesome -
Echo Burning by Lee Child has Jack Reacher stalking his opponent in a desert shootout in the middle of a rainfall so intense, it takes him nearly fifteen minutes to realize his opponent isn't hiding, one of Reacher's stray bullets hit them.
Source: Battle in the Rain
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