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a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place
The soldiers were attacked by a sniper.
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Recent Examples of snipers
Heading into the 2028 presidential campaign, a lack of snipers could lead to injuries and assassinations of top leaders, the report warned.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
While the number of total counter snipers was redacted, the IG found that during the 2024 campaign, the Secret Service would sometimes rely on other components' counter snipers.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
One witness, Ramadan Gaber, said that snipers and tanks fired on aid-seekers, forcing them to retreat.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2025
One witness, Ramadan Gaber, said that snipers and tanks fired on aid-seekers, forcing them to retreat.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
There are dozens of snipers all around the city, ensuring trade is done with civility, but that is just the ground level.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Secret Service snipers shot and killed the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Taylor-Joy plays one of two elite snipers sent on a mission to guard each side of a deep gorge, without knowing what lies below.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
However, now women can serve as drivers, grenade launchers, BMP fighting vehicle commanders, deputy commanders of reconnaissance groups, machine-gunners and snipers.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
While the number of total counter snipers was redacted, the IG found that during the 2024 campaign, the Secret Service would sometimes rely on other components' counter snipers.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
One witness, Ramadan Gaber, said that snipers and tanks fired on aid-seekers, forcing them to retreat.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2025
One witness, Ramadan Gaber, said that snipers and tanks fired on aid-seekers, forcing them to retreat.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
There are dozens of snipers all around the city, ensuring trade is done with civility, but that is just the ground level.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Secret Service snipers shot and killed the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Taylor-Joy plays one of two elite snipers sent on a mission to guard each side of a deep gorge, without knowing what lies below.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
However, now women can serve as drivers, grenade launchers, BMP fighting vehicle commanders, deputy commanders of reconnaissance groups, machine-gunners and snipers.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipers
guns
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Restricting trans people from buying guns would either require an act of Congress, or require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which reports to the Justice Department, to broaden the definition of a disqualifying mental health concern to include being transgender.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Stone said the group understands there are uses for guns in hunting and self-defense, but assault rifles should not be in public spaces because they are intended to cause the most harm.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Snipers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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