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snatch

[snach] / snætʃ /
NOUN
small part
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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With the light fading on the Bernardus course in the Netherlands, Jennifer Kupcho holed a nerve-shredding putt from the edge of the 18th green to snatch a point and leave the teams tied at 8-8.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

They snatch backpacks, swipe shoes and nibble on trekking poles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Having a bird swoop down to snatch food from your hand is one of the most intimate interactions we can have with wildlife.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

And each time, the notes danced away just before I could snatch the answer from my memory bank.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

With a sudden swashbuckling gesture, he used the lion-mouthed handle of his cane to snatch the plume from Cassiopeia’s hair.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

He’s a witty and adventurous guide, wandering into side spurs of history, biography and travelogue, exploring snatches of verse along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

They included bricks that would play snatches of the iconic theme song and emit coin-collecting sound effects as Mario characters moved around.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Hooligan is equally audacious, with a rhythm track built from the sound of sharpening knives and snatches of cinematic strings that somehow leads into a dizzying falsetto chorus.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

Cinematographer Tim Ives snatches his rare opportunities to shoot the beautiful scenery, but most of the pair’s encounters take place in or near Ledger’s orange pickup truck, a totem from the book.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

She snatches it up and says, “Jessica Carlisle’s room, Nurse Bartlett speaking.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Floyd Samba's scintillating first-team debut not only stole the show at Etihad Stadium on Thursday but also snatched all the headlines away from another high-profile teenager in Manchester.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Her mother wasn’t an admirer of the art Kusama started creating at around age 10, and she often snatched away her paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

When freedom was snatched away, Elizabeth Turner’s mother fought back, and changed the Constitution.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2026

They snatched real credentials, sneaked around in different systems and eventually grabbed at least some of the information they were after.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

I snatched him by the ears and held him up.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Worse than that, coming in the wake of Operations Epic Fury and Midnight Hammer, have we ever seen a better example of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The officer invoked this exception against Lau, snatching his green card and “paroling” him into the country.

From Slate Jun. 23, 2026

Anthropic, in particular, has been making high-profile hires, often snatching talent directly from the application-software companies that it’s disrupting.

From MarketWatch May 9, 2026

He spent the next decade receiving similar recognition, even snatching up a best rap performance Grammy Award for his work on “King’s Dead” in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

I couldn’t get away, or move at all, and a violent wind ripped past me, snatching and grabbing at my clothes.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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