take potshots
Example Sentences
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Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
“It’ll be a piñata out there that people take potshots at for the next couple of weeks,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Atlantic Coast and remained in clear view over the Carolinas, where authorities warned people not to take potshots at the floating orb with their rifles.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
The multicultural milieu lends an initial boost as Mr. Kwek’s jokes and plot entanglements take potshots at life in Singapore, but all the air seeps out of this attempt at zippy, tabloid-nutty storytelling.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2016
T-Mobile's media events have become forums for Legere to take potshots at his rivals; he has continued the trash talking on Twitter, where he has attracted 642,000 followers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2014
