Example Sentences

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Young people around the world are snatching Adidas Tang-style jackets off the shelves, bingeing on Chinese micro-dramas and experimenting with powdery make-up looks flaunted by Chinese girls and women on Douyin, China's version of TikTok.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Companies are snatching them up, adding them to data-center sites like Legos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Dozens of startups, many in Australia, are snatching up the rights to explore for hydrogen.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 15, 2023

In Howie Acres, investors are snatching up property in anticipation of nearby NoDa’s inevitable march toward the area.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2021

We get them sometimes at home; but there's so many to eat at our house, that before a plate is well in, a dozen hands are snatching at it, and it's emptied.

From The Channings by Wood, Henry, Mrs.