snapped

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The company snapped up 1,550 Bitcoin in the period from June 1 to June 7, at an aggregate price of $101.3 million.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Instead, the squad headed to one of the country's famed fjords to be snapped head-to-toe in authentic Viking dress, with weapons and shields to boot.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Taylor Morrison is a stalwart in an out-of-favor industry battered by high mortgage rates and expensive housing prices—the kind of company that Buffett eagerly snapped up for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

That home, which was built by architect Rex Lotery in 1965, was snapped up for $9 million just a few months before he sold his original dwelling.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Branches snapped beneath his paws, brambles and leaves shuddered all around him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman