snatched
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Sharpton says some legal residents he encountered around Cleveland feared being "snatched up and deported."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
It is the immortilisation of the most famous goal in English league football history, when City snatched the trophy away from Manchester United in the dying seconds of the 2011-12 season.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The difference with Schlittler and Rice is that the Yankees snatched them up from directly under the nose of their fiercest rival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Not only is Big Ant afraid he doesn’t measure up to the boy’s fantasies; he’s scared that his son will copy his mistakes and get snatched by the system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
They jerked the table back, snatched away the rug, and tugged open the trapdoor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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