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sniping

  • present participle
    of 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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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

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

Eventually, their sniping forces the network to bring in an HR representative to babysit Ava and Deborah.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025

The back-and-forth sniping between the pair played out in the tabloids of the 1930s and 40s.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025

I relax, feel sorry for sniping at her.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam