Example Sentences
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Before stepping down as co-CEOs, Overdeck and Siegel rarely appeared together at firm events and frequently sniped at each other in meetings, the Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Reagan-era conservative alum Hal Furman sniped that it was a shame Dhillon wasn’t in a position to act, so she made a big show of blocking him.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025
With Ronan Kelleher in the sin-bin, Tate McDermott sniped in for the Wallabies' third try.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
As Beethoven is said to have sniped to his benefactor, the Austrian royal Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky, “Prince, what you are, you are by circumstance and birth. What I am, I am through myself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
Brand flies were sniped out of midair, each hit punctuated with an insult.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
