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snap

[snap] / snæp /


VERB
separate, break
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Just like the tourists perched above, visitors in the boats below try to get the ultimate snap: the vertical landscape looming over the Yangtze River in shades of electric blue, magenta and red.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

To lessen your risk of infection, keep wild rodents out of your home and other enclosed spaces by sealing any holes and placing snap traps.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The price action has been a statistical anomaly and could signal a potential snap back to the 20-day average.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Even if the strait reopens soon, it will take at least one or two months for traffic to pick up, and crude buyers—governments and industrial players—will be racing to snap up supplies to refill inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“All we need is those coconuts, a roll of chicken wire, a snap latch, and a ball of binder twine. Now that we have the coconuts, I have everything else we need in my store.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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