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And while everyone is sniping at each other over their long-term, small-town interpersonal histories, the town is being quietly sold off to build a hyperscale data center called Solidgoldmagikarp (a reference to a phrase that throws off ChatGPT).
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
After feuding last month over the bill, the two men seemingly reached a detente — only to once again start sniping at each other over the past week.
—Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 6 July 2025
Michigan commit Luke Kelly sniped the game-clinching tally in overtime June 14, as St. John’s Prep knocked off its primary rival in BC High to claim its fifth consecutive Div.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Captain Aleksander Barkov forced a turnover, and Verhaeghe dished it to Reinhart, who sniped a shot past Skinner.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
After feuding last month over the bill, the two men seemingly reached a detente — only to once again start sniping at each other over the past week.
—Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 6 July 2025
Michigan commit Luke Kelly sniped the game-clinching tally in overtime June 14, as St. John’s Prep knocked off its primary rival in BC High to claim its fifth consecutive Div.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Captain Aleksander Barkov forced a turnover, and Verhaeghe dished it to Reinhart, who sniped a shot past Skinner.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipe
Verb
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The host Colombia was peppering the Bolivia goalkeeper Carlos Lampe with shots on goal from early on.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Familiar names pepper the script, but characters’ circumstances, identities, and motivations have been significantly altered.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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