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Recent Examples of snipe
Just 1:06 later, Mullaly sniped the equalizer, as the Skippers drew even.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
He's also publicly sniped at Trump tariff advocate Peter Navarro.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
What’s the point in even sniping at Wu, who doesn’t have a Republican opponent in her re-election race?
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
But after an offseason of sniping between the team and city and county officials—much of it ostensibly over delays in the process and potential cost overruns—the Rays withdrew from the project on March 13.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
He's also publicly sniped at Trump tariff advocate Peter Navarro.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
What’s the point in even sniping at Wu, who doesn’t have a Republican opponent in her re-election race?
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
But after an offseason of sniping between the team and city and county officials—much of it ostensibly over delays in the process and potential cost overruns—the Rays withdrew from the project on March 13.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipe
Verb
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Without prior knowledge to Fatal Fury’s roster or storyline, many of the characters can seem somewhat stock — there’s a couple of tough guys with various fighting styles and cool jackets, and some cartoonishly buxom female fighters peppered in for some old school gooner bait.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2025
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Part of what makes the North Carolina mountains unique is the people who pepper the area with creativity and hospitality throughout their beloved mountain hamlets.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Stimson walks solemnly across Beowulf Boritt’s monochrome timber monolith of a set (planks, planks everywhere) and plinks out a few notes on a piano.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2024
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Ranging as far as two miles from their operators, the tiny drones plink Russian vehicles and even chase down, and blow up, individual Russian soldiers who swat at them with rifles and sticks.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2024
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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipe. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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