snipe

as in to potshot

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Recent Examples on the Web Everybody else who isn't for your person starts sniping, starts undermining that person. Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024 Republicans and Democrats trade accusations on lack of legislative action Republicans and Democrats didn't miss the opportunity to snipe at each other within the committee. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024 Some of her naysayers sniped anonymously to Rynecki for the next article that brought Krawcheck to Fortune’s cover, in June 2003. Byrachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 July 2024 Some quietly sniped that Clinton was devaluing her office by meeting with so many grass-roots female activists; others applauded the fact that a U.S. secretary of state had made women's rights a critical foreign policy issue. Isobel Coleman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010 See all Example Sentences for snipe 

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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipe. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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