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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of snap.

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Examples

  • Even better is a photo snapped from the rear [source: Sydney Morning Herald].

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • "None o 'your gammon, Jake," the Virgin snapped back, with lip curled contemptuously for Vance's especial benefit.

    CHAPTER 20 2010

  • "These are people who have been laid off through no fault of their own and are desperately looking for jobs, but would be snapped from the lifeline of jobless benefits just as the holiday season kicks into high gear," said NELP director Christine Owens in a statement.

    Two Million Jobless To Lose Benefits By January Unless Congress Acts The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The win snapped a four-game losing streak and pulled the Yankees (93-63) within half a game of the first-place Tampa Bay Rays, while effectively snuffing out Boston's (86-69) last glimmer of hope at making the playoffs.

    Yanks 4, Red Sox 3 2010

  • "These are people who have been laid off through no fault of their own and are desperately looking for jobs, but would be snapped from the lifeline of jobless benefits just as the holiday season kicks into high gear," said NELP director Christine Owens in a statement.

    Two Million Jobless To Lose Benefits By January Unless Congress Acts The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • "These are people who have been laid off through no fault of their own and are desperately looking for jobs, but would be snapped from the lifeline of jobless benefits just as holiday season kicks into high gear."

    Report: 1.2 million could lose unemployment benefits next month Michael A. Fletcher 2010

  • I grabbed it off the rack to try it on and it fit; my cousin snapped one up too, now we have matching shirts.

    I like sales! « Northern Belle 2009

  • Kevin snapped that he had been published too — over 100 times in the small and specialty press.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: 2 Personality Types (Networking Part 6) 2010

  • "These are people who have been laid off through no fault of their own and are desperately looking for jobs, but would be snapped from the lifeline of jobless benefits just as holiday season kicks into high gear."

    Report: 1.2 million could lose unemployment benefits next month Michael A. Fletcher 2010

  • "These are people who have been laid off through no fault of their own and are desperately looking for jobs, but would be snapped from the lifeline of jobless benefits just as the holiday season kicks into high gear," said NELP director Christine Owens in a statement.

    Two Million Jobless To Lose Benefits By January Unless Congress Acts The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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