snare
noun
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
has snared
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present perfectof snare (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Don’t discount defensive lineman Voi Tunuufi — who has snared eight sacks in his first two seasons — shifting outside, either.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
The federal investigation, known as Operation Varsity Blues, has snared more than 50 parents, coaches, exam administrators and others in an admissions scheme that implicated athletic coaches from colleges including Yale, Stanford, U.S.C.,
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2021
Since 2010, IceCube, a detector frozen in the ice beneath the South Pole, has snared neutrinos from deep space.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 31, 2021
When a male classmate, incredulous that Lloyd has snared a date with the school’s most coveted girl, asks him, “Who are you?” he responds, “I’m Lloyd Dobler.”
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2020
Olaf she has snared so securely in her devilish net that he fled out of the village in the wildest storm to follow her.
From Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans by Anders Orbeck
