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are snapping

  • present progressive of snap.

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An insidious bullying tactic is creeping into school cafeterias across the country: Kids are snapping and sharing photos of other students eating lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Americans and other foreigners are snapping up Japanese houses that the locals won’t touch.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

The New York Knicks are snapping at Boston's heels in third place after warming up for the break with a 138-89 drubbing of the Philadelpia 76ers.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

Companies are snapping up Vernon properties and upgrading them, adding advanced cooling systems to old office buildings and filling a shuttered slaughterhouse that once housed hogs, with advanced chips.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2025

TV cameramen push through to get a better angle, and the reporters are snapping photos like crazy.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau