How to Use take a swipe at in a Sentence
take a swipe at
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Kimmel has joked about the 2022 moment, when Will Smith took to the stage to take a swipe at Chris Rock.
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Kturnqui,
oregonlive,
12 Mar. 2023
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Hema supermarket chain swooped in to take a swipe at the U.S. retailer.
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Liza Lin,
WSJ,
27 Dec. 2021
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Xi also appeared to take a swipe at the United States over the collapse of its effort to build a democracy in Afghanistan.
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Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
22 Sep. 2021
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Big Kat Bryant didn’t shy away from an opportunity to take a swipe at his former team.
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Tom Green | [email protected],
al,
3 Aug. 2021
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Rendon looks to have grabbed the fan's shirt near his chest through the bars of the railing and exchanged words with him before appearing to take a swipe at the bill of the man's ballcap and walking into the tunnel.
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Tim Booth,
ajc,
4 Apr. 2023
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Rendon looks to have grabbed the fan’s shirt near his chest through the bars of the railing and exchanged words with him before appearing to take a swipe at the bill of the man’s ballcap and walking into the tunnel.
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Tim Booth,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Apr. 2023
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James’ tweet did not actually take a swipe at all officers but was responding to the Columbus case.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2021
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