Example Sentences

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Someone is snatching the town’s mighty wrestlers, the beloved luchadores.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Bernier denies that he is snatching support mainly from the Conservatives.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2021

O’Shea said the appeal of doorbuster sales is snatching up big-ticket items, such as electronics.

From MSNBC • Nov. 28, 2014

And now it is snatching away the greatest accomplishments of the painful Yeltsin years: a stable ruble and low inflation.

From Time Magazine Archive

“He is snatching a half-hour’s sleep,” she decided.

From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Garland, Hamlin