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sniped - definition and meaning
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verb snipe .
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` ` It felt like I got sniped from the rafters or something, you know, '' Garnett said.
USATODAY.com 2007
It seems that some of the students in the Federalist Society told him that the event had been "sniped ," by which they meant that a PMBR bar review meeting (also with pizza) had been inserted at the last minute by the school's administration to kill attendance at the Kopel's Second Amendment talk.
IsThatLegal? 2004
The irony of it all was that there were still at Kenilworth some hundreds of oxen, in perpetual danger of being "sniped "; and the populace argued (not unreasonably) that to force on us irrational rations was in the circumstances a callous thing.
The Siege of Kimberley T. Phelan
German 77s that frequently a solitary soldier who exposed himself would actually be "sniped " off by a cannoneer.
History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico William Allison Sweeney
They believed a few fellows had "sniped " at them; that was all.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Winston S. Churchill 1919
But the tribesmen who "sniped " the British troops from the mountain slopes and from behind stones and rocks, who assembled from all sides as rapidly as they melted away, constituted the real difficulty of the campaign.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 1898
The broker who complained about the clock, would he prefer his bid gets 'sniped ' as it happens on eBay?
Curbed 2010
Players who are repeatedly "sniped " by invisible defenders should be suspended longer than those who only enjoy the occasional flop (and who doesn't?).
Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009
My primary frustration with ebay is being “sniped ”.
What’s It Going to Take to Fix eBay? 2009
You clearly didn't realize that #1 your fans liked you and Jon together as a family -- even as a family with parents that sniped at each other.
Bonnie Fuller: Kate Gosselin -- You Only Have Yourself to Blame For Kate Plus 8 Being Canceled Bonnie Fuller 2011
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