sniping
- present participle of snipe.
Example Sentences
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That’s rarely a happy experience for upstarts who build their careers sniping at incumbents from the sidelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Others in the party are trying to stop the sniping.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
Brown has taken a less provocative approach to Horner this year, but has not hidden his disdain for Red Bull's sniping about the legality of the McLaren car behind the scenes.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
Not even the digital countdown could generate the sizzling, clanking, sniping roar of chronic, organic anxiety that fueled the first two seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Unjust sniping at Pollard was one of them.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
