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With the light fading on the Bernardus course in the Netherlands, Jennifer Kupcho holed a nerve-shredding putt from the edge of the 18th green to snatch a point and leave the teams tied at 8-8.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Having a bird swoop down to snatch food from your hand is one of the most intimate interactions we can have with wildlife.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

The two Billys almost snatch the movie from under its lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

All it cost them to snatch up the winner of the last two American League Cy Young Awards was three minor-leaguers whose absences will barely make a dent in their loaded farm system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

He grabbed those stormtroopers right out of my hands, and if you’ve ever had someone snatch Legos from you, you know how much it hurts.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

He’s a witty and adventurous guide, wandering into side spurs of history, biography and travelogue, exploring snatches of verse along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

They included bricks that would play snatches of the iconic theme song and emit coin-collecting sound effects as Mario characters moved around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

"It's Olympic lifts we're doing - clean and jerk, snatches, squats, the lot," says men's lead Hammy McMillan.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

“My future life would flow out of this crucial choice because, once I had this precious instrument in my hands, I started scratching out three chords over which I sang snatches of my own melodies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2024

“No,” Obinze said shortly He had heard snatches of Dapo’s conversation earlier, his work in oil consulting, his children in London.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Not only is Big Ant afraid he doesn’t measure up to the boy’s fantasies; he’s scared that his son will copy his mistakes and get snatched by the system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Bronco, revived a year earlier, snatched a sale crown from Jeep Wrangler, which previously had no direct competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

When freedom was snatched away, Elizabeth Turner’s mother fought back, and changed the Constitution.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

American commandos snatched the pair from their compound in Caracas on January 3.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

He sprinted to the rake, snatched it up, and swung it as he ran.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In the end, Seattle outmaneuvered and outbodied the Sparks, snatching steals and flipping the ball around the perimeter until the Storm fired off a shot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Worse than that, coming in the wake of Operations Epic Fury and Midnight Hammer, have we ever seen a better example of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The officer invoked this exception against Lau, snatching his green card and “paroling” him into the country.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

Anthropic, in particular, has been making high-profile hires, often snatching talent directly from the application-software companies that it’s disrupting.

From MarketWatch ● May 9, 2026

“Well, the good news here,” Aunt Kitty said, snatching the pheasant bonnet from the rocker and tugging it onto her head, “is that you are a woman.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan