cheap shot
Example Sentences
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But in doing so, "they would have made this tenuous link between fluoride and Aimee Lou's teeth. It's a bit of a cheap shot," she told BBC Breakfast on Tuesday.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
Indeed, one might ask whether everyone who is presuming that Smith did not follow department procedure is taking their own cheap shot.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2024
“I took a cheap shot at the beginning of the Notre Dame game,” Henderson said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023
With that star power comes an easy cheap shot: Why should anybody care about a bunch of privileged elites whining about a dream job?
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023
“Natalie doesn’t like it either. She doesn’t like it one bit,” I say, although I know this is a cheap shot.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
