a snap
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This includes losing more power on straights than expected after a snap of oversteer because of the settings imposed on the engines.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Chirac defeated him in the 1995 presidential race, but then lost a snap parliamentary vote in 1997, forcing him into so-called "cohabitation" with the left.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 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
Then there was a sigh, a rustle, a snap of one incautious twig, and the clearing of the giant lime tree was as empty as it had been before the days of man.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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