sniping

Example Sentences

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Many snipers, like Kovalskiy, believe the era of sniping has passed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

Eventually, their sniping forces the network to bring in an HR representative to babysit Ava and Deborah.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Now, Baldoni is alleging in his 179-page complaint that he is not at fault, and that the high-profile battle is "not a case about celebrities sniping at each other in the press".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

For a decade or so, Marsh and Cope’s mutual dislike primarily took the form of quiet sniping, but in 1877 it erupted into grandiose dimensions.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson