snipe

Example Sentences

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If elected, she pledged to have "difficult conversations" with the leadership, while refusing to "snipe from the sidelines".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Vance’s snipe at “cat ladies” wasn’t Swift’s introduction to right-wing weirdness.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2025

For the first five episodes, Ava and Deborah snipe and jab at each other while struggling to keep the show they’ve worked so hard to secure on the air.

From Salon • May 9, 2025

Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th century naturalist Alexander Wilson.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

"How easy it is to snipe after the fact, to apply the knowledge we have now to the events of 1993," he wrote.

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