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Recent Examples of snipe
The company twisted the knife with Super Bowl ads mocking OpenAI’s slop, and Altman fired back, sniping that Anthropic wanted to be the traffic cop of AI.
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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Though not as nasty as the 1990 Democratic primary for Texas governor, online sniping over racial issues and electability persist.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 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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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Though not as nasty as the 1990 Democratic primary for Texas governor, online sniping over racial issues and electability persist.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 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
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The America First Legal advocacy organization, which peppered corporate America with discrimination complaints, has used that footage in complaints.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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With this opening, Bad Bakers has six locations peppered across the region, in Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, Elk Grove and now West Sacramento.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Fill up a glass with water, plink in a tablet, and your beverage will transform into a fizzy, frothy hydration drink.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
21 Apr. 2026
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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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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipe. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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