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snare

[snair] / snɛər /




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“Two trumpets and a tuba, accompanied by thousands of snare drums.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Kaley’s lawsuit is a test case chosen from among hundreds alleging that social media apps were designed to snare young kids and keep them hooked.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Some scientists thought these fish-eating creatures may have been fully aquatic, gliding through deep waters to snare prey.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

On Everybody's Trying To Figure Me Out, she even tuned her snare drum to match the "iconic" thwack of U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

The British soldier was grinning, and Johnny guessed that he had been put up to this game merely to snare ‘the yokels.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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