have been sniping
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present perfect progressiveof snipe.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
snipenounAlso 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.
Example Sentences
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Then again, the baseball gods have been sniping Mariners one by one lately.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2019
An agreement reached in 2006 expired in 2015, and the two sides have been sniping at each other ever since.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2017
Judging by how the Philadelphia Flyers and the Rangers have been sniping with their divisional foe, they clearly have taken notice of the powerful Penguins.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2012
Relegated to lackluster assignments, Allen quit in ten months, and he and Kissinger have been sniping at each other ever since.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For years N.B.A. have-nots have been sniping at Mike Jacobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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