snatched

Example Sentences

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When thieves snatched 12 metric tons of KitKats in transit from Italy to Poland, the company capitalized with some free publicity for one of its most famous brands.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Some of the inn’s most expensive bottles—from the winemaker Domaine de la Romanée-Conti—had been snatched, replaced by bad replicas with screw-on caps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

It could be contrived and improbable and old-fashioned in its triumphs snatched from the jaws of defeat, and I completely loved it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

More than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds awarded to scholars, writers, archivists, and researchers across the country was snatched up in three days.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Zheng snatched up the box but it was too late.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook