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Recent Examples of snipe
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.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
With 9:24 to play, Lee fired a shot over his back shoulder, sniping twine for his third goal as the Eagles pulled further away with an 11-3 advantage.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Willy Robinson sniped six goals, shattering a program record for career tallies (284 overall) as No. 5 Scituate (15-5) punched its ticket to the next round with a 17-8 win over No. 12 Dover-Sherborn.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
Bristol’s political scene has been marked by social media sniping on both sides, and Facebook exchanges included attacks against both candidates.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
With 9:24 to play, Lee fired a shot over his back shoulder, sniping twine for his third goal as the Eagles pulled further away with an 11-3 advantage.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Willy Robinson sniped six goals, shattering a program record for career tallies (284 overall) as No. 5 Scituate (15-5) punched its ticket to the next round with a 17-8 win over No. 12 Dover-Sherborn.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
Bristol’s political scene has been marked by social media sniping on both sides, and Facebook exchanges included attacks against both candidates.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipe
Verb
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Livramento, Lewis Hall and Kieran Trippier look to advance from full-back and pepper the area with crosses.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of three legislative committee hearings in less than two weeks, state lawmakers peppered the Texas Lottery Commission's top executive with questions about why the agency did nothing to stop third-party vendors from using a smartphone app to sell tickets to players.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Verb
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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 20 Aug. 2025.
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