sniping

Example Sentences

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That’s rarely a happy experience for upstarts who build their careers sniping at incumbents from the sidelines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Scrum-half Justine Pelletier grabbed the opening try and was a constant threat, with her sharp sniping runs and speedy passing creating havoc in New Zealand's defence.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

Not even the digital countdown could generate the sizzling, clanking, sniping roar of chronic, organic anxiety that fueled the first two seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

Eventually, their sniping forces the network to bring in an HR representative to babysit Ava and Deborah.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

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