sniping

Example Sentences

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And everyone is constantly sniping; the family’s resting state is exasperation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Megyn Kelly publicly mocked fellow conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, adding to a pattern of influencer-on-influencer sniping that played out both onstage and online.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

Now, Baldoni is alleging in his 179-page complaint that he is not at fault, and that the high-profile battle is "not a case about celebrities sniping at each other in the press".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

Their sold-out tour as a duo becomes a nightmare of onstage sniping.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

For a decade or so, Marsh and Cope’s mutual dislike primarily took the form of quiet sniping, but in 1877 it erupted into grandiose dimensions.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson