countersniper

• a word derived from snipe.
  snipe

  noun

  Also snite any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (sometimesCapella ) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago common snipe, orwhole snipe, of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.

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countersniper

Secret Service officials denied some of Curran’s requests for more resources at the time, including for countersniper measures and ballistic glass at events, the former aide said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

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