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snap

[snap] / snæp /


VERB
separate, break
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He said they went outside to snap pictures of the sky and the damage from the storm.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Those reforms were rejected by Congress, prompting Sánchez to call a snap election next month.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sánchez this week called snap elections following nationwide protests over the country’s housing crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"She's the one who started all of this," Lopez told AFP, referring to the camps and demonstrations that have placed housing at the heart of a snap general election on November 29.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

It takes me a moment to snap out of my thoughts.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

This unit finished the Chargers’ final 11 offensive snaps in their loss to the Seattle Seahawks last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

It provides the filling for shells, made like brandy snaps but using Sicilian Marsala wine instead.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The Dow snaps its three-session losing streak, finishing the week higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The seven-time All-Pro played 40 of 65 snaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

He snaps a compass off a carabiner, shows me how to use it.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The South Korean giant is the world's largest maker of memory chips -- components now in huge demand as advanced types are snapped up for use in data centres powering artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

So far, investors have eagerly snapped up the chance to lend to the tech giants, but they have demanded returns that would have been unthinkable for such blue-chip companies not long ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Arsenal initially snapped up the youngster but decided not to keep him, while Watford also passed up the opportunity to sign Kane.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

He is also said to have paid $20 million for the Casa Malibu Inn in 2007, 10 years before he snapped up another oceanfront estate for a reported $48 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

She put her other hand out and snapped a finger at Glenn.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

For students at UC Riverside, the start of fall semester means picking up their class syllabus, catching up with friends and snapping selfies with the adorable wild donkeys that roam around the school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Gross domestic product was unchanged from the month before in July, snapping three straight months of expansion that included upwardly revised growth of 0.4% in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Gross domestic product was unchanged from the month before in July, snapping three straight months of expansion that included upwardly revised growth of 0.4% in June, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

As soon as they begin to wonder, the Holbrooke sisters — almost imperceptibly — begin to drift apart before snapping back in place.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Nightbeast barely slowed down, snapping and swiping at the Witchlings, only the force of their magic keeping it far enough away not to get them.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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