snap
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The more Mitchell conjures joy and fear from thin air with the snap of his fingers, the more frustrating it becomes that audiences seldom get to experience summer fun at this caliber anymore.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Any number of us have had him push back or snap at a question that we’ve asked, or made a comment,” she said.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Simpson connected with rookie tight end Max Klare on his first pass, but he bobbled a high snap on the next play and a hurried pass fell incomplete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Leaning over a steaming pile of waste in his Iowa backyard, Travis Roggatz felt a snap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I didn’t say angry,” I snap, and then stop because, whoa, why am I angry right now?
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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He played nine snaps on Thursday and watched the rest of the game from the sideline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Competition is fierce for professional photographers at Beijing's tourist hotspots, including a scenic lake where women in flowy traditional robes pose for snaps to share on Xiaohongshu, China's massively popular lifestyle app.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The idea is to use cumulative firepower and wide-open spacing to stretch any defense—even one led by the great wall of Wembanyama—until it snaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The song fuses Tamil folk music, Carnatic traditions, Western classical fugue and polka, with shifting tempos and finger snaps linking its contrasting sections.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Brent Chisholm strode off the bus looking like he’d stepped straight out of a country music video, pearl snaps and all.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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In an age before digital photography, troops were often eager to get their picture snapped whenever they saw him.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Trades in China were losers for a number of quants, and firms suffered as AI-related stocks tumbled then snapped back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead, they are six games behind Washington for the eighth playoff spot after a six-game losing streak ahead of the trade deadline that was finally snapped with a win at Portland on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
During a U.S. cabinet meeting on Friday, Reuters snapped a ‘To Do” list on Bessent’s desk notepad that contained a solitary entry: “Buy Japanese yen $5-10 bill.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Commander Fitz held up a hand to stop us, and we both snapped our mouths shut.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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His cheering friends were already outside blasting music and snapping and filming this much-loved Nigerian "signing-out" ritual.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Because the property was never publicly listed, there is little information available about the upgrades and changes Schultz made after snapping up the estate for $25 million in 2015.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Gold settled 0.5% higher, up for a third-consecutive session, while silver fell 0.5%, snapping a two-session winning streak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It seemed no lead was safe during the Sparks’ matchup against the Mercury on Tuesday night before Phoenix rallied for a 94-87 win at the Galen Center, snapping its three-game losing streak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
For patsching or snapping, if there is no R or L indicated, both hands play simultaneously.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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