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a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place
The soldiers were attacked by a sniper.
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Recent Examples of snipers
Secret Service snipers shot and killed the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Taylor-Joy plays one of two elite snipers sent on a mission to guard each side of a deep gorge, without knowing what lies below.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
However, now women can serve as drivers, grenade launchers, BMP fighting vehicle commanders, deputy commanders of reconnaissance groups, machine-gunners and snipers.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Eleven seconds after the first shot, Secret Service counter snipers acquired their target -- and 15 seconds after that, Crooks was shot dead.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Indonesian police and military have put in place strict security measures, deploying at least 100,000 personnel across the city, including snipers and anti-riot units.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Police were ubiquitous among the crowd estimated by a Butler County Sheriff's officer to number up to 60,000 people, snipers could be seen perched on rooftops ahead of the rally, and the Secret Service acknowledged heightened security.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
Several teams of snipers were stationed throughout the rally site.
—Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024
Soon after, around the 1870s, breach-loading magazine rifles became more commonplace, further enhancing snipers’ capabilities.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Taylor-Joy plays one of two elite snipers sent on a mission to guard each side of a deep gorge, without knowing what lies below.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
However, now women can serve as drivers, grenade launchers, BMP fighting vehicle commanders, deputy commanders of reconnaissance groups, machine-gunners and snipers.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Eleven seconds after the first shot, Secret Service counter snipers acquired their target -- and 15 seconds after that, Crooks was shot dead.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Indonesian police and military have put in place strict security measures, deploying at least 100,000 personnel across the city, including snipers and anti-riot units.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Police were ubiquitous among the crowd estimated by a Butler County Sheriff's officer to number up to 60,000 people, snipers could be seen perched on rooftops ahead of the rally, and the Secret Service acknowledged heightened security.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
Several teams of snipers were stationed throughout the rally site.
—Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024
Soon after, around the 1870s, breach-loading magazine rifles became more commonplace, further enhancing snipers’ capabilities.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Snipers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipers. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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