as in gun
a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place
The soldiers were attacked by a sniper.
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Many businesses are under the financial gun, and smaller ones are least able to cope with rising costs.John Mariani, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Cotter was arrested on Monday for allegedly hiding the gun.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, took the kettle and left the trench to fetch water.David Axe, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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The idea behind them is that these brightly-burning rounds are loaded into the ammo feed at intervals of four-to-one with the more lethal ones so that the gunner can see where the spray of shot is flying.David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
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The Ukrainians to their credit shrugged off Russia’s apparent artillery superiority in Kursk, correctly surmising that befuddled gunners are useless gunners.David Axe, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
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Coming out of Kansas, he was projected to be a sharpshooter, but that didn’t translate out of the gate.Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The trade: Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns' nine-year tenure in Minnesota is over after the team traded him to the New York Knicks in exchange for another all-NBA level power forward, Julius Randle, as well as Donte DiVincenzo, a sharpshooter and aggressive defender.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Sniper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniper. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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