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Recent Examples of snipe
Anonymous internet trolls keep up the sniping spirit so prevalent in the Victorian era.
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Melissa Chan, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Yakov Trenin sniped one past Spencer Knight off the rush to give Minnesota life at 12:33 of the second.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
But awards voters who snipe at talent anonymously in trade publications enjoy the stuffy, demure rhetoric the Marty machine largely ignored.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
But as Tuffy staved off 16 shots from BC in the third, MacDonald stepped up midway through to snipe the game-winner.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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Melissa Chan, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Yakov Trenin sniped one past Spencer Knight off the rush to give Minnesota life at 12:33 of the second.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
But awards voters who snipe at talent anonymously in trade publications enjoy the stuffy, demure rhetoric the Marty machine largely ignored.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
But as Tuffy staved off 16 shots from BC in the third, MacDonald stepped up midway through to snipe the game-winner.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipe
Verb
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Turtlenecks and flannels abound, teens vocally question authority at every turn, and a colorful cast of intellectuals pepper the scene.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
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Who remembers the aggressive line of questions Flores peppered Tagovailoa with at the NFL Combine back in 2020, before Miami even drafted him.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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 18 Mar. 2026.
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