a snap
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Malta's Labour party won an unprecedented fourth term Sunday in a victory for outgoing Prime Minister Robert Abela, who had called a snap election in light of geopolitical uncertainties.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Elsewhere, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, a Social Democrat, has called a snap election for later this month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
But 20-minute coffee dates really pull for a snap judgment.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
The results of a snap election Sunday reinforced the upward trend in Japanese yields, though the widely watched 40-year bond yield fell on the news.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
You might think that unskilled jobs would be a snap for someone who holds a Ph.D. and whose normal line of work requires learning entirely new things every couple of weeks.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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