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potshot

noun as in slam

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Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.

From BBC

Scull danced around for 12 rounds and frustrated Alvarez with potshots, as the Mexican superstar struggled to cut off the ring in a dull contest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

From BBC

Witness Donald Trump recently questioning the racial identity of his opponent, Kamala Harris, a race-baiting potshot that dredges up ingrained prejudices against biracial Americans that stretch back to the antebellum South.

Those potshots elicited a heavy eye roll from Riley’s new quarterback, Miller Moss.

Trump’s team was more meandering and given to stray potshots, missing more than they hit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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