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snap shot

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noun

  1. sport a sudden, fast shot at goal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Putin’s annual call-in provides a snap shot of issues average Russians care about most, which this year included inflation, electrical outages in the Arctic and social benefits for working parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

A snap shot from Appollis midway through the opening half put South Africa in control and Rwanda spent most of the match on the back foot.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

"That was the story that those two stones portrayed, which was a little snap shot of their life," she added.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025

He wasn’t tested by the Canucks until 8:05 left in the period when he turned away Nikita Zadorov’s snap shot.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

Wetzel must have taken a snap shot at me as I was getting up, which accounts, probably, for my being alive.

From The Last Trail by Zane Grey

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