Hare
Hare verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Shot
Shot noun - A directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece.
Both words in one sentence
- As he gloats over having traced Byron's presence to a dead hare (which Augustus mentions having shot, though Byron claimed it - not to mention Septimus recounting how Byron was always a lousy shot), Bernard's unknowingly making himself into an ass.
Source: Theatre / Arcadia -
It's a ranking called The Russian Hare, based on the real life exploits of a WWII sniper for those who one-shot kill combatants with the sniper rifle.
Source: Video Game / Hitman -
Whiskers fall from the plane into the Amazon, there's a shot of them clutching each other as the fall screaming toward the earth that mirrors a scene from a Bugs Bunny cartoon, Heckling Hare.
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