snipe
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Oil prices dipped after Friday's one-percent gains, with the United States and Iran continuing to snipe at each other and showing no signs of reaching a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Despite the stress of delivering the “Arirang” on time, the men never bicker or snipe at each other.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
Vance’s snipe at “cat ladies” wasn’t Swift’s introduction to right-wing weirdness.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2025
Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th century naturalist Alexander Wilson.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The single exception was a snipe, which is not a seed-eating bird.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
This has continued well into the Musk era of X-née-Twitter, with the liberal Oates occasionally directing her snipes and barbs at the platform’s white nationalist owner.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
She even recycled one of her prepared snipes, telling Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.,
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
"He doesn't have a seat in Parliament, wouldn't necessarily find or win one," and one minister snipes, "any chance to have a dig – Burnham will never miss an opportunity".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
When Chris, the passive empath, sticks up for the fragile girl, Rebekah snipes, “She can’t take us all down with her!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Small game, as ducks, snipes, and sandpipers, is abundant.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by A. H. Savage Landor
The two sniped, traded personal barbs and, unsurprisingly, focused more on building their own social media brands than getting to the truth.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The lead barely lasted two minutes, however, as Roigard sniped in for his second score after being put in by Jordie Barrett.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Before stepping down as co-CEOs, Overdeck and Siegel rarely appeared together at firm events and frequently sniped at each other in meetings, the Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Reagan-era conservative alum Hal Furman sniped that it was a shame Dhillon wasn’t in a position to act, so she made a big show of blocking him.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025
“Workman must have ridden according to other orders. He didn’t obey mine,” he sniped.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
And everyone is constantly sniping; the family’s resting state is exasperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The two had been sniping at each other all game, with Doncic at one point taunting Schroder for not signing an $84-million contract with the Lakers in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
Others in the party are trying to stop the sniping.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
The back-and-forth sniping between the pair played out in the tabloids of the 1930s and 40s.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
I relax, feel sorry for sniping at her.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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