sniped

past tense of snipe

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Verb
  • If anything, the story during the semiquincentennial casts George as more of a whole person than the tyrant depicted in the ad hominem complaints peppered throughout the Declaration of Independence.
    Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • For the next few years Q’s tunes peppered the national airwaves, but prices remained cheap.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • This tour walks the trail blazed by Cathy Aguado, who discovered the monarchs’ overwintering site in 1975.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • As Cuciuffo blazed over, Maradona had continued his run in behind Fenwick and been flattened with a blatant elbow.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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“Sniped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniped. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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