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The two had been sniping at each other all game, with Doncic at one point taunting Schroder for not signing an $84-million contract with the Lakers in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Suddenly six Japanese soldiers dashed from a cave, from which they had been sniping at marines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even more intolerable declared the Japanese, was their discovery that Chinese soldiers on shooting ranges had been sniping at Japanese flags, at dummies dressed as Japanese soldiers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then, with Hearst's Herald & Examiner shouting daily encouragement, a Save-Our-Schools Committee had been sniping at the Board on all sides.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, in one minute they were all out of sight, and even those who had been sniping at the barricade had disappeared entirely.

From With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front by Webb, Archibald