potshot

Example Sentences

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The potshot would have hit different had it come during Payton’s time as a Fox football analyst during his year’s sabbatical from coaching.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Payton wasn’t aiming another potshot at his predecessor, however, just expressing his disdain for players who don the hats on the sideline after their day is done.

From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2023

No one took a potshot or fired a missile at Biden.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

Thoroughly Modern Millie Director George Roy Hill takes a potshot at just about every cheesy movie genre in this 1967 musical comedy starring Julie Andrews as a naive young woman during the Roaring ’20s.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2019

Strauss simmered through most of the presentation but erupted when Rabi took a potshot at the illusory concept of a “clean” bomb.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik