snapped
Example Sentences
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For months, investors snapped up bullion and precious-metals funds as protection against a potential weakening of the U.S. dollar, as well as uncertainty around the outlook for richly valued tech stocks.
The company steadily has snapped up Bitcoin since unveiling its treasury method at the end of 2020, and has been using the sale of preferred stock to fund those purchases.
From Barron's
The company steadily has snapped up Bitcoin since unveiling its treasury method at the end of 2020, and has been using the sale of preferred stock to fund those purchases.
From Barron's
It comes as no surprise that Williams decided to host the bash at the sprawling home, which she snapped up in 2019.
From MarketWatch
Once, on a solo trip to the North Pole, he snapped a piece of his ski binding and was forced to abort the entire expedition, writing off a trip that cost more than $200,000.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.