snap at

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Europe has witnessed strong withdrawals from storage facilities after a cold snap at the start of the year, with inventory levels now standing well below the five-year average.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

One former Treasury minister, Lord Bridges, told the Lords: "This is not a fiscal buffer; it is a fiscal wafer, so thin and fragile that it will snap at the slightest tap."

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

And that kind of niceness—the wide smiles, the generosity—it can hide deeper resentments that go back generations, that will snap at you like a stick to keep you in line.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

Brown also returned to play every snap at left cornerback after sitting out the 49ers game.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

The ice ached and groaned, like old bones carrying too many years, brittle and threatening to snap at any moment.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys