Henrik Ibsen

I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!

Norwegian Poet

Stephen Kinzer

The capture, taming, training and keeping of eagles is highly ritualized. Most of the birds, which have a life span of about 40 years, are caught when very young - either snatched from a nest or trapped in a baited net.

American Author

Harry Kane

I'm at my most comfortable out on the pitch when I'm in front of goal with the ball at my feet. It's about being used to certain situations, and with time, you will find, chances don't get snatched at.

English Athlete

Akshaye Khanna

The fear of every actor is when is this life going to be snatched away from me? Which is the day or year that the audience is going to decide 'that's it.

Indian Actor

G-Eazy

That's the nature of this business. Something that took ten years to make can crumble in an instant. It could be snatched away from you at any moment.

American Musician

Marsha P. Johnson

I got robbed once. A man pulled a gun on me and snatched my pocketbook in a car. I don't trust men that much any more.

American Celebrity

Wyclef Jean

There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

Stephen A. Smith

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade don't just beat you, they snatch your heart.

American Journalist

Rebekah Brooks

The days of foot-in-the-door harassment and snatched photos are gone.

British Editor

Ovid

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Roman Poet

Using 'snatch' can suggest rudeness or impatience in taking something.

Impolite Action

'Snatch' implies a quick and sudden action, usually done with one's hand.

Sudden Movement

As a noun, 'snatch' refers to the actual act of quickly taking something, not the item taken.

Quick Taking

Though often rude, a 'snatch' can be playful or harmless among friends.

Not Always Negative

This verb form highlights a quick action to take control of something, like catching.

Capture Quickly

'Snatch' can have a serious, illegal context when referring to kidnapping.

Criminal Connotation

'A snatch of' signals only a tiny part of something was noticed or heard.

Brief Glimpse

'Snatch' in this sense is more abstract, used for non-physical things like time or sound.

Idiomatic Expression

In sports, 'snatch' is a specialized term for a weightlifting technique.

Specific Athletic Move

This meaning is jargon, primarily used in the weightlifting community and sports reporting.

Technical Jargon

 She concocts a fictional sister who's stuck at home, snatching time to scribble a few pages before she finds herself betrothed and runs away. While her brother finds fame and fortune, she remains abandoned and anonymous. In this thought experiment, Woolf demonstrates the tragedy of genius restricted,

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 through a prism, you'll see dark gaps where bands of color went missing. Where did they go? Before reaching our eyes, different gases absorbed those specific parts of the spectrum. For example, oxygen gas snatched up some of the dark red light,

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 and I said, 'Gimme them Jordans!' And the punk tried to run. Took off fast, didn't get far. I fired,'Pow!' Fool fell between two parked cars. He was coughing, crying, blood spilled on the street. And I snatched them Air Jordans off of his feet.

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 whammy indeed deforestation occurring at a very large scale to the detriment of local communities in biodiversity now you'll think I've snatched this from the Lord of the Rings you're just waiting for for the orcs to run across this mortal

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 Prey species in the river system had to contend with attacks from all sides, including from above. Flying reptiles dominated the skies. Alanqa Saharica had a wingspan of up to nine meters, and long slender jaws that helped it snatch fish

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 Predators or prey looking up from below are deceived by this camoflauge, unable to see the creatures silhouette. Such otherworldly adaptations also arise from the need to locate and snatch up food before it drifts away.

The otherworldly...

 In fact, she was rarely ever leaving her home. Days before we met her, while she was walking home from church with her family, in broad daylight, men from her community just snatched her off the street,

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 during his lifetime as if he anticipated vengeful troops coming over the horizon in fact his own Warriors may have armed the revolt that did come after his death peasant snatched the metal swords from

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 to snatch their victim oh here's a qriket look look a tree cricket a very small one it's just it's just beneath the lip

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 one is aggressive and snatches food from its siblings

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