potshotting

present participle of potshot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for potshotting
Verb
  • While Qataris may now indeed question the value of their military cooperation with the United States and its designation of Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, Turkey’s military presence in the country also failed to prevent Israel from attacking.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Show Viz Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest had counter-attacking licked.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Center fielder Lawrence Butler was the first player to score, slamming a ball into center field during his first at-bat to lead off the first inning.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The instruments detected gravitational waves, faint ripples in space-time produced by the two black holes slamming into each other.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Potshotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potshotting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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