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    snipe


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    1. We had also been told that once we got to the village we should pick out good advantage points for ourselves so we could snipe on the enemy if necessary we two being the best marksmen in the patrol


    2. “I have looked over the terrain and it is very good sniping territory and there are hundreds of places where you could go to ground and snipe from”, my voice trailed off


    3. I’d been out there hunting snipe with him too often to feel the same confidence she did


    4. To better illustrate this point, I came up with this phrase: “It is easier to snipe a flying bird than to shoot


    5. I pulled up to a range of where I would snipe


    6. Remember that the reason Snipers snipe is because they are afraid of or


    7. wouldn‘t need to snipe!


    8. Remember: a Sniper can‘t snipe if there‘s nowhere to hide


    9. b) Continue to snipe


    10. From there, we will be able to snipe at the enemy and, hopefully, catch him in the rear as he tries to assault your force

    11. Huge bypassed Soviet concentrations, refusing to surrender, escaped into the forests and swamps to snipe at German supply columns


    12. After few months, I got snipe news about Vijay


    13. wrong end of a snipe one of these days!


    14. That this would actually work? For a snipe? They all had their laugh in the end as he


    15. Her sister’s husband never missed a chance to snipe at her


    16. We do that in Texas with snipe hunts, but you usually end up finding something to shoot anyway so no one’s really mad when they find out that snipes are made up


    17. ‘There must be snipe too,’ he thought, and just as he reached the turning homewards he met the forest keeper, who confirmed his theory about the snipe


    18. ‘Well, I’m glad you were successful,’ said Levin, who, at the same time, had a sense of envy that he had not succeeded in shooting the snipe


    19. The snipe flying high above instantly folded its wings and fell into a thicket, bending down the delicate shoots


    20. ‘Splendid! Together!’ cried Levin, and he ran with Laska into the thicket to look for the snipe

    21. with which he had regarded the snipe, he smiled contemptuously and hook his head disapprovingly, as though by no means willing to allow that this game were


    22. Not a grouse but a snipe flew up from beside the dog


    23. Levin saw he had his gun pointed behind the snipe, but still he


    24. There I once shot seventeen snipe


    25. The expectation of snipe was so intense that to Levin the squelching sound of his own heel, as he drew it up out of the mire, seemed to be the call of a snipe, and he clutched and pressed the lock of his


    26. Before Levin had time to look round, there was the whir of one snipe, another, a third, and some eight more rose one after another


    27. Stepan Arkadyevitch hit one at the very moment when it was beginning its zigzag movements, and the snipe fell in a heap into the mud


    28. Oblonsky aimed deliberately at another, still flying low in the reeds, and together with the report of the shot, that snipe too fell, and it could be seen fluttering out where the sedge had been cut, its unhurt wing showing white beneath


    29. but at that instant another snipe flew up at his very feet, distracting him so that he missed again


    30. While they were loading their guns, another snipe rose, and Veslovsky, who had had time to load again, sent two charges of small-shot into the water

    31. Stepan Arkadyevitch picked up his snipe, and with sparkling eyes looked at


    32. The snipe showed themselves in numbers


    33. The snipe were floating continually in the air over the reeds


    34. Their whirring wings close to the earth, and their harsh cries high in the air, could be heard on all sides; the snipe that had risen first and flown up into the air, settled again before the sportsmen


    35. There were plenty of snipe still, but Levin made one miss after another


    36. left boot full of water weighed heavily on his leg and squeaked at every step; the sweat rain in drops down his powder-grimed face, his mouth was full of the bitter taste, his nose of the smell of powder and stagnant water, his ears were ringing with the incessant whir of the snipe; he could not touch the stock of his gun, it was so hot; his heart beat with short, rapid throbs; his hands shook with excitement, and his weary legs stumbled and staggered over the hillocks and in the swamp, but still he walked on and still he shot


    37. He could only hear the snort of the horses, and the guttural cry of a snipe


    38. And Levin was doubly pleased, in sight of the boy, who expressed his approval, at killing three snipe, one after another, straight off


    39. ‘Wait a bit, wait a bit, I know there are nineteen,’ said Levin, counting a second time over the grouse and snipe, that looked so much less important now, bent and dry and bloodstained, with heads crooked aside, than they did when they were flying


    40. We need the tonic of wildness—to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground

    41. "There must be snipe too," he thought, and just as he reached the turning homewards he met the forest keeper, who confirmed his theory about the snipe


    42. "Well, I'm glad you were successful," said Levin, who, at the same time, had a sense of envy that he had not succeeded in shooting the snipe


    43. "Splendid! Together!" cried Levin, and he ran with Laska into the thicket to look for the snipe


    44. He scanned the bookcases and bookshelves, and with the same dubious air with which he had regarded the snipe, he smiled contemptuously and hook his head disapprovingly, as though by no means willing to allow that this game were worth the candle


    45. Woloda, on the other hand, was in no hurry, but remained sitting on his bed and talking to Jakoff about the best places to find plover and snipe


    1. Shooting someone from far away means that you "sniped” him, according the idiotic lawyers who had no idea about what a sniper really is and gained their knowledge from TV, or from movies


    2. But you sure you want to do that on a full moon with a werewolf on your backs” I sniped at him in attempted intimidation


    3. We probably could have sniped them from there, but we had to follow the plan


    4. sniped as many as we could without taking out our guys


    5. but be careful that you are not be more subtly sniped


    6. We gave up trying to use it after a few of our fellows had been sniped in their attempts, until Nobby Clarke said he would get the water, adding: "That blinkin' sniper hasn't my name on any of his ruddy bullets


    7. At a certain period during the operations in Mesopotamia so dependent were both the British and the Turks on the supply of water from the Tigris that it became an unwritten law that water-carriers from both sides were not to be sniped at


    1. “They’re snipes,” she told him


    2. One of the snipes took a sudden swipe at his bare big toe


    3. Or snipes will swoop with intent to kill!”


    4. A swarm of snipes rushed through and swooped down at them


    5. out late on a scout night hunting desert snipes while blindfolded, senior leaders told


    6. which neither snipes nor orgasm could get a hold on


    7. We do that in Texas with snipe hunts, but you usually end up finding something to shoot anyway so no one’s really mad when they find out that snipes are made up


    8. But Winfield was still a trifle of a snot-nose, a little of a brooder back of the barn, and an inveterate collector and smoker of snipes


    9. This man, Snipes, had assumed the role of chief since he had killed their former leader, and so little time had elapsed that none of his companions had as yet questioned his authority


    10. Clayton's only response was a shrug of the shoulders, but as he left them he picked up the spear which had transfixed Snipes, and thus primitively armed, the son of the then Lord Greystoke strode into the dense jungle

    11. Tarzan had seen the young man pick up the fallen revolver of the wounded Snipes and hide it away in his breast; and he had also seen him slip it cautiously to the girl as she entered the cabin door


    12. For the sailors, and especially Snipes, he had developed a great hatred


    13. "It is the work of that fellow they call Snipes, I am sure," said Jane


    14. "I'm Cap'n here, though, I'll have you to understand, you swab," shrieked Snipes, with a volley of frightful oaths


    15. "Git busy there," growled Snipes


    16. "Not by a damned sight," replied Snipes, fingering the butt of his revolver nervously


    17. There was no further comment on the killing, but the men worked in a better frame of mind than they had since Snipes had assumed command


    18. That part of it we know up to the sailing of the Arrow after the murder of Snipes, and the burial of his body above the treasure chest


    19. "We might have thought the fellow who guided us was lying about the location, but his surprise and consternation on finding no chest beneath the body of the murdered Snipes were too real to be feigned


    20. John, bringing home winged game, another hares or rabbits, and another hunting on marshy ground and almost nightly catching woodcocks or snipes

    21. John, always brought home game birds, another hares or rabbits, and another hunted on marshy ground and almost nightly caught woodcocks or snipes


    22. —The so-called wading-birds (storks, cranes, snipes, etc


    23. "Snipes!" he said, looking at me, with a sort of wry smile


    1. He was now so angry with the old woman because of her continual sniping about his nose that he stormed out of the bar and strode through the city streets in a foul temper for the rest of the night, but no matter how hard he looked or how many people he questioned, no one seemed to know anything about his stolen lover or about the evil kidnapper and his clapped out motor


    2. now so angry with the old woman because of her continual sniping


    3. A few Molotovs, sniping


    4. “I have looked over the terrain and it is very good sniping territory and there are hundreds of places where you could go to ground and snipe from”, my voice trailed off


    5. A native of Dixons City Academy and graduate of Bradford College, he began travelling the world at the age of 19 and participated in various regional conflicts and provided protection to the 14th Maharaja of Patiala where he learned Sniping, Vehicle operating skills and explosive skills


    6. sniping at another snakehead with her arrows


    7. When there is a grudge associated with sniping, ―Don‘t get mad,


    8. d) Offer a Valid Concern for Their Sniping


    9. have a real concern underneath their sniping and sometimes will come


    10. Nancy and Maria then resumed their sniping fire, while the PKMs kept firing short bursts to keep the Taliban fighters down

    11. Maria will then start sniping in the back of the advancing columns while I fire a paraflare


    12. I have been sniping at the Japanese since then, stealing food and water from where I could


    13. Shepherd snarled at the frightened manager, snatched the key’s from his hand then rudely pushing him out of the way he opened the door to room two one seven, the glee that showed on his face when he saw the body of Mr Cruz sprawled out on the carpet, was a wonder to behold, at last a proper crime, he’d been waiting all these years to show his skill, if he handled this properly it would definitely be a fast track to Inspector, which in his opinion was his rightful rank, no more being passed over for younger men who’s only claim to fame was a University degree, they didn’t have a clue about good police work, now was the time to show what a proper cop could achieve, Shepherd’s ambition had been eating away at his soul for years, his bout’s of temper tantrums were well known back at the watch house, no-one escaped his sniping and rudeness, his caustic tongue had sent many a cadet running home to mummy, some of the younger officers prayed at night that a merciful god would get him a promotion or better still a transfer to Wup Wup or the Solomon Islands, any place but Melbourne


    14. an auction you can actually load up the sniping feature and it could go and bid on the domain


    15. he? What was taking him so long? In a few seconds, the horse would be passing by the school building, giving Andrew the best position for sniping


    16. On the eleventh day of Notmas truelove did not give any eleven snipers sniping


    17. Mother looked ready to snap back, but I wasn’t about to let this dissolve into a sniping match


    18. Sniping is the electronic equivalent of parents in the toy store fighting over the last Robo Laser Geek on Christmas eve! Be prepared, though


    19. If you have a hot item, and there is any sniping, it will occur near the end of the auction


    20. We discussed sniping earlier

    21. Long after the scar had faded, it would still be depressing to remember his own actions which had earned him the sniping from his grandmother


    22. As they moved out, the females fell back to sniping at each other


    23. For instance: how much civilized humor is a negative put-down of someone else? How much of it is one-sided humor; that is not funny to whoever is being made fun of? How much of it is thinly veiled nastiness…? Modern American TV and movies portray all siblings as hating each other… constantly sniping at each other as viciously as possible without coming to actual blows


    24. Phil started off with his usual sniping at Kate, but the new, improved and tamed wild-thing just wouldn’t respond


    25. She was glad to be away from Bucca; his constant sniping and


    26. The truce between Noah and Teagan held, Gareth, Harley and I making sure they realized that they would be injured if they continued sniping at each other


    27. The sniping between her and Don Regan soon seeped out into the public domain


    28. I have no idea what they ended up doing; certainly, for the record, they all remained on the roofs, sniping


    29. Come to find out, my chief had been regaling them with the after-action reports of my sniping in Fallujah


    30. Carlos Norman Hathcock II, the most famous member of the sniping profession, a true legend and a man whom I look up to, tallied ninety-three confirmed kills during his three years of tours in the Vietnam War

    31. Another sniping position I used in the same battle


    32. Why do that when I was already sniping, and loving it?


    33. Mark has written three books on sniping and is one of the world’s leading experts on the subject


    34. Another sniping position I used in the same battle


    35. I have no idea what they ended up doing; certainly, for the record, they all remained on the roofs, sniping


    36. Come to find out, my chief had been regaling them with the after-action reports of my sniping in Fallujah


    37. Carlos Norman Hathcock II, the most famous member of the sniping profession, a true legend and a man whom I look up to, tallied ninety-three confirmed kills during his three years of tours in the Vietnam War


    38. Why do that when I was already sniping, and loving it?


    39. Mark has written three books on sniping and is one of the world’s leading experts on the subject


    40. They were developed specifically for long-range sniping

    41. A knock forestalled further sniping


    42. Several casualties had occurred during the morning through sniping, and one enterprising chap had scored a bull's-eye on the top of our periscope


    43. In spite of our proximity to the enemy our chief annoyance was occasional sniping, machine gunning, rifle grenades, and liquid fire, for the area had been given over mainly to mining and counter-mining


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    Synonyms for "snipe"

    snipe assail assault attack lash out round sharpshoot

    "snipe" definitions

    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks


    a gunshot from a concealed location


    hunt or shoot snipe


    aim and shoot with great precision


    attack in speech or writing