as in shooter
a person skilled in shooting at a target
the police stationed sharpshooters on rooftops all along the route of the presidential motorcade
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Coming out of Kansas, he was projected to be a sharpshooter, but that didn’t translate out of the gate.
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Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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
Kerr considered starting Buddy Hield, and said the sharpshooter will likely be on the floor when Curry sits during the regular season.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
They and Trump were struck when 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., opened fire from an unsecured rooftop nearby before he was fatally shot by sharpshooters.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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
Kerr considered starting Buddy Hield, and said the sharpshooter will likely be on the floor when Curry sits during the regular season.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
They and Trump were struck when 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., opened fire from an unsecured rooftop nearby before he was fatally shot by sharpshooters.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Sharpshooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpshooter. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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