Example Sentences

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Lee denied that he secured his tee time via the broker, saying he had snagged a canceled reservation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2024

After the Ambrose-Sher production fell apart, Friedman thought she had another shot, only to learn that the “Glee” producer Ryan Murphy had snagged the rights.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022

By high school, he had snagged a radio job.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2021

Instead of knowing the number of rebounds a player had, for instance, they began to count the number of genuine opportunities for rebounds he’d had and, of those, how many he had snagged.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2016

In the patrolman’s pocket was the bright green scrap of clothing that had snagged on the Mother Paula’s fence.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen