a shot

They may ask, “what does that look like and would I be willing to give it a shot?”

"I had nothing to do with people not vaccinating in Samoa. I didn't tell anybody not to vaccinate," he said while being interviewed for "A Shot in the Arm," a documentary that covered the outbreak.

Editor Ernie Gilbert also has a good rhythm for how long to hold a shot, as we take in life on Moretti’s compound, itself a clever mix of stern and silly where the background is cluttered with painters and sculptures and people doing archery and tai chi.

The urgency of its story packs a punch for the shocking image it closes with: a shot of a severed head.

As I’ve written before, this fact-free claim periodically receives a shot of life-extending plasma from credulous news organizations, congressional Republicans, and former and current Trump acolytes.