a snap
Example Sentences
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It is a fault line that has divided Icelanders for decades, but after winning a snap election in 2024 Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir's centre-left government pledged to hold a referendum by 2027.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I had never played a snap of football,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Malta's Labour party won an unprecedented fourth term Sunday in a victory for outgoing Prime Minister Robert Abela, who had called a snap election in light of geopolitical uncertainties.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
It was a snap decision 18 months ago that made me fall in love with golf again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Then he spread his wings, flapped hard, and took off—but after flying four feet he stopped with a snap and crashed to the ground again, shedding a flurry of black feathers and squawking loudly.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
