dig at
Example Sentences
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After a video of McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski’s polite bite into a burger went viral this month, top executives from Burger King and Wendy’s pounced with similar videos in a lighthearted dig at their competitor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
If one looks carefully, its move could be a subtle dig at Tesla and Elon Musk.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
The move came after Beyoncé's win for the disruptive Cowboy Carter last year, and some saw the change as a dig at the star's attempt to cross genres.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Kenyon’s dig at “uproarious pedantry” nods to James’s intellectual pretensions, which some courtiers derided—even though a learned monarch seems preferable to an ignorant one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
He dropped the corn cob in the middle of the road and started to growl and dig at it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
