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"text": "Attacking a goalie trying to make a save is a total cheap shot, I think."
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"text": "School bullies always take cheap shots at kids with glasses."
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"A remark that unfairly disparages an obvious vulnerability of the target."
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"(by analogy) A remark that unfairly disparages an obvious vulnerability of the target."
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"word": "cheapshot"
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