a snap
Example Sentences
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With just over six minutes left, Chambliss took a snap, sprinted left and outraced an LSU cornerback on a 14-yard dash to the corner of the end zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Donald has not played a snap in two years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Before he ever played a snap for the club, it also gave him an unprecedented, fully guaranteed $230 million contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Gordon Brown reflects in his memoirs the agonising private conversations he had about a snap election and in deciding against it found himself going "from near hero to near zero in a day."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Freddie whisks away the excess, finishing with a snap of the rag, loud like a firecracker.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
