snatched

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Some of the inn’s most expensive bottles—from the winemaker Domaine de la Romanée-Conti—had been snatched, replaced by bad replicas with screw-on caps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The first time I interviewed him in 2001, an aide swooped in just before the cameras went live and snatched away the small water glasses on the table in front of us.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

It could be contrived and improbable and old-fashioned in its triumphs snatched from the jaws of defeat, and I completely loved it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

More than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds awarded to scholars, writers, archivists, and researchers across the country was snatched up in three days.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

He let go of the shrub with one hand, lunged, and snatched at the sleeve as it fell.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell