snatched

Example Sentences

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He approached, climbed the cottonwood tree and snatched a single pale-blue egg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

AI still had hopes of victory going into Monday's match, and would have snatched the weekly win if the final score had been 1-1, not 2-2.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Laura McVay, who works in palliative care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said the big cat snatched her brown 5½-year-old, pint-sized shih tzu named Declan around 11:30 p.m. mere “feet away from the door.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

But Tammy Abraham then snatched a point for Villa two minutes from time.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

He snatched a piece of paper from my desk.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin