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Recent Examples of snipe
Doctors sniped or captured, mass graves where hope should be.
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Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
Walton is a big man who can play a big man’s game but has primarily sniped his way to 11 goals so far this season.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
Julia will snipe right back and, if history is any indication, probably start throwing things.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
However, the two are no strangers to sniping about each other on social media.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
Walton is a big man who can play a big man’s game but has primarily sniped his way to 11 goals so far this season.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
Julia will snipe right back and, if history is any indication, probably start throwing things.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
However, the two are no strangers to sniping about each other on social media.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipe
Verb
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Hingham peppered the Notre Dame (11-5-3) net in the first half, out-shooting the Cougars at an 8-0 clip.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani did make some nods to boosting bureaucratic efficiency and improving public safety, but populists always pepper their speeches with promises that almost everyone can support.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Iraq had plenty of small arms and ammunition, which could kill Americans but would often plink harmlessly off their armored vehicles.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Stimson walks solemnly across Beowulf Boritt’s monochrome timber monolith of a set (planks, planks everywhere) and plinks out a few notes on a piano.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipe. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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