Example Sentences

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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

They have snared the support of hotels, casinos, well-known nonprofit organizations and Trump himself.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

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 Macy, John Albert