SNAPPED (UP) Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

snapped (up)

verb

past tense of snap (up)

as in grabbed

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it

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Oliver grabbed a hat-trick to take his tally for the season to seven in just four games after four against Leeds United the previous week.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
At 4 o’clock on a Thursday morning, Salomon Olea grabbed a packed lunch of a ham-and- cheese torta and a white peach, kissed his wife goodbye and left the home in Escondido he’s owned for nearly 30 years.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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Ancelotti, though, could have spent the past four weeks in Europe and still barely caught a glance of Estevao Willian, Brazil’s would-be attacking talisman.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
In this ⁠year’s hunting season, which runs from ⁠June to around the end of September, 80 fin whales had been caught as of Wednesday, according to ⁠Humane World for Animals, an animal welfare group that tracks the ⁠catches.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

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Masterson’s detractors have seized on the rebrand as an attempt to minimize his connection to Trump in a year when national Republicans worry the president’s polarizing leadership could cost the party majorities in the House and Senate.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
Agents also seized a semiautomatic handgun and $11,800 in cash, the outlet reported.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

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Israel captured East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 war.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
One of the iconic Chicago Bears photos from 1985, shot during a minicamp practice in the spring, captured Walter Payton with one finger on his left hand tugging down the shorts of fullback Matt Suhey, who was lined up in the I-formation.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

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