11. This results in her pregnancy and a subsequent Shotgun wedding arranged by her father. 12. Every movie is a shotgun wedding between director and actors. 13. It's like two Washington insiders having a shotgun wedding ." 14. The shotgun wedding between the Israeli and Palestinian economies was never an easy match. 15. Everybody commented on the old joke about shotgun weddings . 16. Decades ago, scarlet-letter stigmatization or shotgun weddings were common for single women who became pregnant. 17. Another strategy becoming popular he said, is shotgun weddings , or forced mergers between portfolio companies. 18. And last week's shotgun wedding between Kmart and Sears, two limping retailers, was no exception. 19. Far be it from me to force a shotgun wedding , but the dalliance is getting embarrassing. 20. Various scholars suggest that it was basically a shotgun wedding primarily because he got her pregnant.