take potshots
Example Sentences
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“Moderator questions are so meaningless … and they make it easy for candidates to take potshots at each other,” said longtime political sage Darry Sragow.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025
“It’ll be a piñata out there that people take potshots at for the next couple of weeks,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2023
Atlantic Coast and remained in clear view over the Carolinas, where authorities warned people not to take potshots at the floating orb with their rifles.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023
The young writer might be unforgiving, more willing to take potshots; the older writer may have learned a thing or two about the way life shapes us as water shapes stone.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022
