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Looking to curb some of the worst problems, in 2018 the city cracked down on investors who were snatching up traditional houses in residential neighborhoods and converting them into Airbnb rentals.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2022

"Even at the qualifiers we were probably rated the lowest and so obviously it was a situation whereby we were snatching victories from the jaws of defeat."

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2020

But reports were surfacing that government officials were snatching babies to satisfy a lucrative adoption market.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2019

His team used tiny spy cameras to investigate why, and discovered that, every spring, coyotes were snatching the geese’s eggs.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2015

A few stragglers were snatching at their magnolias and camellias in panic.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole