snapped
Example Sentences
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Hanging Stones is sold out until September, with tickets after that being made available - and likely snapped up fast - later this month.
From BBC
Then, as if the whole situation were an annoyance he wanted to be done with, he snapped, "Take the side door. It will get you home faster."
From Literature
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He snapped up $2.9 million in Nike shares, his first such purchase in two decades on Nike’s board.
I snapped the textbook shut, my head full of questions, wondering how many people knew the things Togbe was telling me.
From Literature
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It would’ve been relaxing, too, except that Terry caught a fish so big that it snapped the line.
From Literature
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