How to Use drive-by in a Sentence
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Jauan just had a drive-by and caught it.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
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New video shows the drive-by and the house pelted by bullets.
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Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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There doesn’t need to be a drive-by-drive timeshare at the position.
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Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hours after the beat-down at the hotel, Shakur was shot in a drive-by.
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Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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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 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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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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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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The drive-by only lasted a few seconds before the suspects sped away.
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Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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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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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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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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Three other men were injured in the drive-by quintuple shooting.
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Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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Lee’s brother was killed in a drive-by shooting in the early 1990s.
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Kathleen Quinn,
Sacbee.com,
1 Dec. 2025
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This minimizes the drive-by replies from trolls who are simply looking to create chaos or start a flame war with you.
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John Brandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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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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Families who had lost children to drive-by shootings sat in the same room and argued about how to tell their stories.
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Terry McDonell,
Time,
21 Apr. 2026
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Seven years back, when the youngest son of Ojeda’s four children was just 1 year old, he was shot in a drive-by.
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Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026
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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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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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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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Years after their teenage sons were killed in separate drive-by shootings, both women are still waiting for answers.
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Chelsea Jones,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2026
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In the early hours of March 9, Biggie left the party and was killed in a drive-by shooting.
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Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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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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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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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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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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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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Nice drive-by swipe there on a Tony Pollard carry as Jonathon Cooper was wrapping him up.
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Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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Two people have been charged in a drive-by shooting that killed a South Carolina 13-year-old over two years ago.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
2 July 2026
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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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But Willy Nast was never able to put the story of that drive-by shooting far from his mind.
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Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The drive-by shooting happened in mid-February.
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Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Another sister—his favorite sibling, who always came to visit him—had been killed in a drive-by shooting.
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Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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Investigators say three apartments were damaged by the gunfire, which is believed to be from a drive-by shooting.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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But Plenty drive-by shootings described in his father's indictment.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Jackson was arrested in connection with first-degree murder and drive-by shooting.
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Hannah Dreyfus,
AZCentral.com,
4 July 2025
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Arrest documents have revealed new details in a drive-by shooting at a far North Side hookah lounge last week that killed two men.
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Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Police suspect a teenage boy was killed in Fort Worth early Thursday during a drive-by shooting.
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Timia Cobb,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Another suspect police were searching for was killed in another drive-by incident.
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Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Four drive-by shootings Sunday night in Chicago within two and a half hours left one man dead and four people injured, police said.
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Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The violence increased in March when his synagogue was also targeted in a drive-by shooting.
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Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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In a drive-by comment, Rogers suggested donating to Crockett was pointless.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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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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The track grapples with his struggle to process a drive-by shooting that nearly took his life and offered a glimpse at his artistry to come, characterized by his raw, unflinching lyrics.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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What charges were filed Jackson was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and drive-by shooting, court documents said.
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Hannah Dreyfus,
AZCentral.com,
4 July 2025
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Pac died in September 1996 after being shot in Las Vegas in a drive-by.
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Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ali was charged in Dakota County with two counts of drive-by shooting charges and one count of second-degree assault for the Burnsville shooting.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Four days after being shot in a Chicago drive-by shooting in West Woodlawn, a teen is speaking out from his hospital bed.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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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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The song deals with the musician's struggle to process a drive-by shooting that nearly took his life and set the stage for a career defined by vulnerable and unflinching lyrics.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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The clamp is strong enough to grab the tip of a ski for ground-up action shots, a sled for POV runs, a roof rack for road-trip footage, or even a tree branch for drive-by ski shots.
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Graham Averill,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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Investigators tied them to the drive-by using security footage from the area, according to the affidavits.
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Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Another teen, Prince Washington, was killed in a drive-by shooting at his Fort Worth home on April 2.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Apr. 2026
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Investigators say the 7-year-old boy was hit multiple times during the drive-by shooting at the Atlanta apartment complex.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Homicide detectives are investigating the incident as a drive-by shooting, police said.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed a 15-year-old boy in south Fort Worth early Thursday.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Armed with surveillance photos of the man driving the moped during Wednesday’s drive-by shooting, cops continued the manhunt Friday.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Three people, including an 8-year-old girl, were injured Wednesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting on the city’s South Side, police said.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Two vehicles seen on a surveillance camera in April 2024 before a fatal drive-by shooting in Lakewood.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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