During the election week, reports of snipings near campaign offices alarmed both citizens and officials.

While sniping from the rooftop, she patiently waited for the convoy to pass.

The village was paralyzed by sniping that began at dawn.

During the autumn migration, I watched a flock of common snipes probing the marsh with their long bills.

At dawn, I watched a painted snipe probe the mudflats with its long bill, the larger female figure standing out against the reeds.

Researchers observed several painted snipes feeding along the muddy banks at dawn.

At summer camp, counselors often told scary stories and organized snipe hunts to trick the new campers.

At dawn, the common snipe probed the marshy soil with its long bill in search of worms.

A lonely robin snipe probed the muddy shore for worms as dawn broke over the marsh.

The robin snipes nested in the marshes before migrating south in November.