snapped back

past tense of snap back

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Recent Examples of snapped back Moore's head snapped back and hit the turf hard, and his teammates immediately went after Stephens in a prolonged exchange. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 In those cases, 211 stayed at the price after the initial movement, 62 continued moving and 80 snapped back to their original position. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 Bitcoin and gold snapped back from steep midyear slumps, with bitcoin vaulting above $77,000 and gold nearing $4,700 as investors rushed into alternative assets this week. — Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 As soon as the fireworks ended, the nation’s focus snapped back to the war with Iran, the upcoming midterm elections, and World Cup soccer. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2026 The Dream, however, snapped back to finish the job and put themselves back in the win column for the first time since June 22. — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 10 July 2026 American sanctions on Iranian oil, temporarily lifted, have now snapped back into place. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 But it can be snapped back together and used as a snowboard for descents. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 But they were snapped back to reality by Michael King on Monday as the Dodgers lost to the San Diego Padres, 1-0, in the opener of a three-game series between the National League West’s top teams. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snapped back
Verb
  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this month that Gulf crude flows had recovered to between 80% and 90% of prewar levels.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Police recovered 350 boxes of Hot Wheels toy cars valued at about $54,000, according to the post.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Canadians came back from a 14-5 halftime deficit and took the lead when center Shoshanah Seumanutafa scored a try with three minutes remaining to give the home side a 24-21 win.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • First responder scanner traffic indicated the car's license plates came back as stolen.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The experiments showed that CARL improved tracking performance by up to 15 percent compared with existing methods, including during tests on physical robots.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Middle East improved quarterly, but remained a drag on performance, notably for Miu Miu.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But moviegoing rebounded the following day, with Sunday admissions rising by 80,000 compared with the previous Sunday.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Nonetheless, California rebounded from that blow, with the state becoming the epicenter of innovation in the new internet economy, minting trillion-dollar companies such as Apple and Google.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Magic rallied in the third quarter and outscored Atlanta, 38-27.
    — AJC Sports, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Shares rallied 9% after the data center server company hiked its fiscal first-quarter revenue outlook.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Snapped back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snapped%20back. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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