How to Use drive-by in a Sentence
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Mosley's 17-year-old son, Caleb, was killed two years ago in a drive-by shooting.
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Bracey Harris,
NBC News,
18 June 2023
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He was shot as a teen in a drive-by shooting and played at IU with a bullet lodged in his spine.
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Matthew Glenesk,
The Indianapolis Star,
5 June 2023
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The drive-by shooting took place near a playground on Tuesday.
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Bailee Hill,
Fox News,
25 May 2023
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The deputy chief described the incident as a drive-by shooting.
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Amanda Rabines,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2023
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Ido Baruch in a drive-by shooting in the northern West Bank in October.
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Anders Hagstrom,
Fox News,
3 July 2023
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Documents note the drive-by shooting was but one of many between the two gangs since Tre’s death.
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Perry Vandell,
The Arizona Republic,
25 July 2023
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Five other people, between the ages of 17 and 21, were injured in the drive-by shooting.
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Christine Pelisek,
Peoplemag,
8 May 2023
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Combs allegedly told Jones to lie to the police and instead say that the man was hit in a drive-by shooting.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2024
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The two were outside washing their car when they were injured in a drive-by shooting.
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Ella McCarthy,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2024
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The youngest victim of the drive-by shooting is 3 years old and the oldest is 19, according to Fort Worth police.
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Nicole Lopez,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 May 2024
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Two minors were injured in a drive-by shooting in west Tempe on Thursday evening.
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Jose R. Gonzalez,
The Arizona Republic,
23 Mar. 2024
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Last week, a drive-by shooting in Jacksonville wounded one making his way down the street on a scooter.
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Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
13 Apr. 2023
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He was murdered in a drive-by shooting in September 1996.
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Naledi Ushe,
USA TODAY,
7 June 2023
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Some seven months after the album’s release, 2Pac was killed in a drive-by shooting.
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Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
2 May 2024
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Four months later, the 9mm was used in a drive-by shooting at a house just south of Tacoma’s Lincoln High School, the documents show.
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Sara Jean Green,
Anchorage Daily News,
9 July 2023
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Her son, Christian Gwynn, was killed in a drive-by shooting by the corner while walking home in December 2019.
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Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2023
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Those drive-by evacuations included two streets and a cul-de-sac in Kuhua Camp.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2024
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Specifically, Thug was accused of renting a car used in the fatal 2015 drive-by that led to a gang war between two Bloods sets.
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Herb Scribner,
Washington Post,
18 Apr. 2024
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His drive-by coaching style hasn’t endeared him to a faction of the apoplectic fan base used to Rick Carlisle’s maneuvering.
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Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas News,
31 Mar. 2023
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Torres died a year later in a drive-by shooting, court documents say.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2024
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Days after his brother Joe’s killing, a family friend’s 2-year-old daughter was shot and wounded in a drive-by.
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Freep.com,
22 Feb. 2023
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Two years ago, 3-year-old Randell Jones was shot to death while in a car with family members during a drive-by shooting.
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CBS News,
21 Apr. 2023
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But just two years later, Matthew was killed in a drive-by shooting in Upham’s Corner in an unsolved murder.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 June 2023
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Davis was one of four people who police say was in the suspect vehicle when Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
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Andrew Blankstein,
NBC News,
20 July 2023
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Asking these drive-by commentators to read the article is like asking my pet fish to read a book.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2024
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Boisvert said police on Thursday night were not yet sure if anyone returned fire at the vehicle used in the drive-by and if anyone in that car was injured.
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Justin Muszynski,
Anchorage Daily News,
21 Apr. 2023
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Authorities have released the name of a man killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday in Midfield.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com,
al,
10 June 2023
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Our stuff on George Santos, and the audacity of his running for reelection, just became a drive-by joke.
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Marlow Stern,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
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Tupac, who is widely recognized as one of the greatest and most charismatic rappers of all time, was murdered back in 1996, in a drive-by shooting on the streets of Las Vegas.
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Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
14 May 2024
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Unsettling video shows a 9-year-old child in Texas dodging bullets as a drive-by shooting happens right outside his apartment.
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Andrea Vacchiano,
Fox News,
16 May 2024
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One, Jahlil Ward, was shot and killed in a drive-by shortly after his release.
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Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2023
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Chloe and Halle invited my mother, one of my brothers and cousins, including one of my nieces who lost her mother in a drive-by shooting but has been raised by one of my sisters.
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Issac Bailey,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2023
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There had been a triple shooting, a Buick stolen with a 6-year-old boy inside and a news conference announcing the arrest of two teenagers for killing another student in a drive-by shooting at a school-bus stop.
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Jamie Thompson,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2023
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Sunday’s rampage was a response to an earlier drive-by shooting that killed two brothers from an Israeli settlement.
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Shira Rubin,
Washington Post,
27 Feb. 2023
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Phoenix police are asking the public for assistance in identifying the shooter involved in a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning that left one man dead. Sgt.
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Perry Vandell,
The Arizona Republic,
1 Mar. 2023
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