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- was stopped by a shot across the bow at 0535, and then released when examination of her papers revealed no contraband cargo.
- The pirates first fire a warning shot across the bow of "The Song", and then fire on the warehouse behind the Sirens' ship, which holds their closet.
- During the 18th century, a warning shot (in nautical terms, often called a shot across the bow) could be fired towards any ship whose "colours" (nationality) had to be ascertained.
- While peers have been admiring him for years, Griffin's first big public shot across the bow came in November 2016, when he landed a Hail Mary aerial-reverse in the high-stakes Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa.
- The customs house had two cannons and when the schooners attempted to run the customs port the agent fired a warning shot across the bow of each ship and then six more as an attempt to sink them.
- The cutter fired a shot across the bow of the civilian steamship "Nashville" as it tried to enter Charleston Harbor during the bombardment of Fort Sumter because "Nashville" was flying no identifying flag.
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