snapped
Example Sentences
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Two brothers from New Zealand snapped up $65 million worth of lots in Malibu last year and said they planned to build on the lots.
From Los Angeles Times
Wall Street has snapped up properties, taking them off the market for potential buyers.
From Barron's
Wall Street has snapped up properties, taking them off the market for potential buyers.
From Barron's
Passengers on the other airlines’ canceled flights had already snapped up earlier options.
Both “real money” investors who wrote down their old investments and distressed-debt funds that more recently snapped up bonds at low prices stand to be winners.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
