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snare

[snair] / snɛər /




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Some scientists thought these fish-eating creatures may have been fully aquatic, gliding through deep waters to snare prey.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

It’s just this saxophone blaring through what sounds like a distorted snare head.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

On Everybody's Trying To Figure Me Out, she even tuned her snare drum to match the "iconic" thwack of U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

The closing number, “Match-Lit,” features a moody production with a clanging snare drum and bits of pedal-steel guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

By the time we reached Philadelphia, I was like a jackrabbit sprung from a snare.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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