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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

Vance’s snipe at “cat ladies” wasn’t Swift’s introduction to right-wing weirdness.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2025

For the first five episodes, Ava and Deborah snipe and jab at each other while struggling to keep the show they’ve worked so hard to secure on the air.

From Salon ● May 9, 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

"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

"It's just childish and it's amateurish. That's why they lost. They don't know what they're doing," he snipes.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023

“It’s like we’ve done something wrong,” Gosling snipes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Woodcocks and snipes are roasted in the same manner.

From Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. by Sulpice Baru?

Before stepping down as co-CEOs, Overdeck and Siegel rarely appeared together at firm events and frequently sniped at each other in meetings, The Wall Street Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

Six Nations debutant Murray then sniped over for Ireland's bonus score, but the home side's mettle was tested again when Darge capped an excellent Scotland attack to bring the visitors back to within five points.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 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

That’s rarely a happy experience for upstarts who build their careers sniping at incumbents from the sidelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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

Van der Merwe scored two of his three tries in the opening half with Ben White sniping for another.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

Leading up to that scene, Ellie strives to establish her own hero identity by training in hand-to-hand combat with men twice her size and sharpening her sniping skills with a long gun.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025

All the sniping between Vonetta and Fern over Miss Patty Cake was now aimed at their new enemies: the real food that we would eat until we returned to Brooklyn, and me.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia