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Recent Examples of snipe
That date was delayed after officials were afraid funding might be postponed since the president and Gov. JB Pritzker have been sniping at each other, according to a News-Sun story earlier this week by Olivia Olander of the Chicago Tribune.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
After a cascading series of controversies that have sniped at Snow White almost from the moment the project was announced in 2021, the House of Mouse is scaling back the movie’s premiere to just bare essentials.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Kam Tremblay sniped the game-winning goal with 16 seconds remaining, as Billerica stunned BC High, 8-7.
Dylan Lane found the net six times for Lexington in an 11-7 Middlesex League win against Belmont.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 20 May 2025
However, late in the first period Sunday, Bedard seized the puck after a faceoff scrum and sniped a shot from the slot with 1 minute, 48 seconds left.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
After a cascading series of controversies that have sniped at Snow White almost from the moment the project was announced in 2021, the House of Mouse is scaling back the movie’s premiere to just bare essentials.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Kam Tremblay sniped the game-winning goal with 16 seconds remaining, as Billerica stunned BC High, 8-7.
Dylan Lane found the net six times for Lexington in an 11-7 Middlesex League win against Belmont.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 20 May 2025
However, late in the first period Sunday, Bedard seized the puck after a faceoff scrum and sniped a shot from the slot with 1 minute, 48 seconds left.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipe
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Amazing parks pepper the entire country, but set your sights on the west coast and Manuel Antonio National Park, with its lovely beaches, or northwest of San José for Arenal Volcano National Park, where visitors can take in the park’s namesake dormant volcano and natural hot springs.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
8 July 2025
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In a format reminiscent of the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuits, text messages — some more suggestive than others — pepper the 46-page filing from L.A. attorney Jonathan J. Delshad.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 June 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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Ranging as far as two miles from their operators, the tiny drones plink Russian vehicles and even chase down, and blow up, individual Russian soldiers who swat at them with rifles and sticks.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2024
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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipe. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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