snare
noun
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
have snared
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present perfectof snare.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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The states are teaming up to try to derail Paramount’s merger, and have snared preliminary victories — prompting a concession from Paramount to put the merger on hold until after the trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Granted, the Huskies have snared nine interceptions, two more than they totaled in 13 games last fall.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
It has won five MRI awards in the program’s 30-year history, whereas some major research universities have snared more than 50.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 28, 2022
This was to avoid a possible trap, one that seems to have snared many of his predecessors.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021
The geographers have plotted the planet and have snared every conceivable no-man's-land in the meshes of realistic lines of latitude and longitude.
From The Critical Game by John Albert Macy
