snaps back

present tense third-person singular of snap back

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of snaps back But instead of cooperating, the passenger snaps back. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 The matte, blasted steel and titanium case is comfortable on its textured rubber strap, and the satellite hours and a 240° retrograde minutes hand that snaps back like a scorpion’s sting at the turn of each hour will spark dozens of conversations. Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025 For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025 After a home invasion that put his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen) and kids Sammy (Paisley Cadorath) and Brady (Gage Monroe) in peril, Hutch snaps back to his old ways as an off-the-books government assassin and goes scorched earth on the bad guys. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Eventually, the narrative snaps back to the Maginot, now nearly wiped out. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaps back
Verb
  • Although Gilgeous-Alexander gains a step on a drive, Sarr recovers enough to block Gilgeous-Alexander’s layup attempt.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That’ll drain savings more quickly and leave fewer assets to generate returns when the market recovers.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then a young man named Seisaku (Takahiro Tamura), who has been away on military service, comes back to the village where his girlfriend, Oshina (Yuka Konno), awaits him.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And when Berlinsky comes back to fish Watauga Lake, he’ll be welcomed with open arms.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Survivors may look thin and suffer from lameness until their condition improves.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Regenerative viticulture is resonating as the agricultural model most suited for the current climate, a model that actively improves soil health and ecosystem resilience.
    Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The 76ers got several offensive rebounds one of the two big men committed to defending the shot and easy buckets when their guards got into the paint and forced the big man to commit.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Growth typically rebounds by the same amount once the government reopens.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 2025 season could be the same, unless Browning can step up and completely lead while Burrow heals.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The glue is also biodegradable, meaning the body absorbs it as the bone heals, so no second surgery is needed to remove implants.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet, the community rallies and moves heaven and earth to find a missing white woman.
    Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • As the entertainment community rallies behind Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of ABC’s sudden yanking of his late-night show at the behest of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, pressing questions remain about his immediate future on the network.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Snaps back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaps%20back. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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