Emma McLaughlin

For a blink of an eye, there was so much media glare. It was unexpected, and I don't think we realized the magnitude of the message we were imparting with 'The Nanny Diaries.' There was also this added challenge that some of the media power players whose publications were doing stories on us perceived us to be sniping at their lifestyles.

American Novelist

Ardal O'Hanlon

I have a certain sympathy with politicians having lived with one. I've seen how no matter how earnest or driven or energetic they are, it's still difficult to change things. I have been encouraged to go into politics, but I don't think I could make a contribution, it suits me better to be sniping from the sidelines.

Irish Comedian

Glenn Hoddle

No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well.

British Athlete

Rob Portman

There has never been a campaign where there hasn't been sniping from the outside and second-guessing. I hear the same sometimes from the Democratic side in terms of President Obama's campaign, so that's to be expected.

American Politician

George Allen

We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue.

Eric Stonestreet

I like to be at a party and be a quiet observer, be in conversation. I wouldn't say I was a class clown growing up, but I would definitely sit back in class and take snipes at the teacher.

American Actor

Jhonen Vasquez

I love zombies. I don't know how else to answer that... I have trouble falling asleep, so there are certain scenarios I use in my head to relax. I find sniping zombies very relaxing.

American Cartoonist

Christopher Hitchens

The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if they can predict hard times, bogging down, sniping, attrition.

American Author

Tina Brown

Plenty of couples snipe at each other in sometimes embarrassing ways in front of company.

American Editor

Gilbert White

Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish.

English Scientist

Used by birdwatchers; knowing its habitat helps identify the bird.

Birdwatching Term

Snipes are hunted; 'snipe hunting' is a practical joke for an impossible hunt.

Hunting Context

Often implies a sneaky or cowardly nature to the criticism.

Hidden Criticism

Common term in gaming; refers to shooting from a distance or hidden spot.

Online Gaming Slang

Implies an element of surprise or stealth in an attack.

Subtle Ambush

Sniping someone verbally is seen as negative and unconstructive.

Negative Connotation

Sniping comments are often made indirectly, not in person.

Not Face-To-Face

 said we've been spending the day sitting with the sausage tree pride of Lyon at least two of them have Brent found him early this morning and we kind of took over from him in the hope that they would try and snipe some of the herds of wildebeest next to them but they just slept the whole day and now it's time for us to head back so I just thought I

Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...

 species as well as zebra and things like that and birds are always around we've just a lot of the birds that I've personally been seeing today are birds that we do very often and I'm looking for ones that we don't see as often to show you so I think let's head on over to Tristan maybe he'll find the painted snipe for us I did get a quick glimpse

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 the surface it's not really allowing it too much feeding depth but then the legs are bit longer so it can probably weighed more then the snipe could do a snap has given up doing his activity they call it needling I'm gonna stick that beak in quite deep you see it with hoop who's the ground hoop who's they

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 And just as I learned to do, we routinely refuse to acknowledge the flaws in our positions or the merits in our opponent's. Compromise is anathema. We even target people on our own side when they dare to question the party line. This path has brought us cruel, sniping, deepening polarization,

I grew up in the...

 you'll see snipe, woodcock, grouse, dozens of ducks, dozens of geese. But telescope ahead to the age of modern animal husbandry, and you'll see turkeys, ducks, chicken and geese. So it makes sense that we've headed in this direction. But how have we headed in this direction? Well

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 It began, and I'm paraphrasing, "You might think empathy is a weakness that will make you lose every argument, and you'd be right." Afterwards, we asked these folks to write a note about gun control to someone they disagreed with, and they sniped at each other.

Jamil Zaki: How to...

 Most of all, I learned about love. Even in the midst of terrible destruction and death and chaos, I learned how ordinary people could help their neighbors, share food, raise their children, drag someone who's being sniped at from the middle of the road

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 in the river with the drought get you up High River all righty just looking for the spots instead of doing a bunch of digging to run it sluice box I just get right into the spots where the gold are I just started doing a sniping bank couple years ago

California Drought...

 around a little bit and catch a tail flicking or an ear twitching which may give away their current position and then we can try and work out how to snipe a viewed but it's going to be tricky so I'm confident that there's

Introducing a New...

 week in this general area not moving far at all they had a kill under one of these trees I remember they managed to snipe a wildebeest at some point in time and midway through their session some hoping

Snipe

A bird that lives near water and often has a long bill.

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To shoot at someone from a hidden place.

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To criticize someone in a spiteful manner.

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Birdwatching Term

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