sniped

verb

past tense of snipe
as in plinked

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  1. peppered
  2. blazed
Verb
  • Colombia peppered him with shots from all parts of the attacking third, as seen below, and had three goals disallowed before Daniel Munoz’s deflected strike — cruelly — finally beat Mpasi on 76 minutes.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • The next day, the trop-house producer announced the deed was done, and a remix of the Viking trio’s catchy work — with cheers of the World Cup crowd peppered in — was born.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Definition of peppered
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  • The American experiment blazed a new path, and with great risk.
    — Ashok N. Srivastava, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • One more sustainable path has been blazed by such countries as the Netherlands, Ireland, Chile, Australia, and Singapore.
    — Char Miller, Time, 30 June 2026
Definition of blazed
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