a snap
Example Sentences
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The party's strategy is to fight back, talk up the likelihood of a snap election next spring and unveil plans for their first 100 days in government.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I had never played a snap of football,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Leaning over a steaming pile of waste in his Iowa backyard, Travis Roggatz felt a snap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Which is why we're calling for a snap election."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
I shut the book with a snap, and put it away under my gloves; and stretching to a near-by chair, I took up an old copy of L’llustration and turned the pages.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
