She also took a veiled swipe at his single-payer health care plan.

Harper wondered if Carol was taking a veiled swipe at her.

Ban took a veiled swipe at the council on Thursday.

That prompted a veiled swipe from Pinera, who pledged to completely revamp the state agency.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott also waded into the public stoush to take a veiled swipe at Mr Turnbull.

They are still standing, said Dawson, in a barely veiled swipe towards what he regards as overplayed Zika concerns.

Chinese vice-president Wang Qishan used a keynote speech on Wednesday to take a thinly- veiled swipe at Trump's protectionist impulses.

Barty took a veiled swipe at the teen for her loud grunts in her post-match interview with Renae Stubbs.

Critics said the comments were also a veiled swipe at Muslims, who run much of the abattoir business in India.

She went on to take a thinly veiled swipe at the "manipulators" who were cast on the show.

The speech was widely viewed as a veiled swipe at the new black middle class, and a signal of change.

The prime minister has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the United Nations, in a bold foreign policy address in Sydney.

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Slideshow (2 images) President Barack Obama took a veiled swipe at Trump on Tuesday, saying such ideas represented a "dangerous" mindset.

Former US president Barack Obama has taken a thinly veiled swipe at his successor Donald Trump over his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

At a business dinner in Vietnam last night, the Prime Minister took a thinly veiled swipe at China's actions in the South China Sea.