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as in trap
a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise
you fell for my clever snare, you fool!
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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye
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as in to grab
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
campers trying to snare brook trout for supper
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Recent Examples of snare
Jim Martin, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
After hundreds of years of persistent persecution—one generation of farmers learning from the previous generation to poison, snare, and shoot wolves—the animals’ near disappearance around the turn of the 20th century was celebrated throughout Europe as the end of a long, bloody, and hard-won war.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Witt raced from his position and snared the baseball with full extension.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
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Noun
Wolves are killed across the Northern Rockies using steel-jawed traps, neck snares, packs of dogs and even snowmobiles.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
After hundreds of years of persistent persecution—one generation of farmers learning from the previous generation to poison, snare, and shoot wolves—the animals’ near disappearance around the turn of the 20th century was celebrated throughout Europe as the end of a long, bloody, and hard-won war.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Verb
After a line drive left the bat of Julio Rodriguez with an exit velocity of 106.2 mph, Woods Richardson instinctively stuck out his glove and somehow snared the ball out of midair.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Witt raced from his position and snared the baseball with full extension.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snare
Noun
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According to the almond board, other methods such as bait stations, snap traps and owl boxes – which draw the rodent predators – are also being employed, but farmers say the tactics are expensive and not entirely effective for a plague of this magnitude.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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One player who might not be a trap however is one of Pep Guardiola’s newest recruits: Tijjani Reijnders.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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At the river’s edge, a quarter-mile-long Mitsubishi factory was a mountainous tangle of steel.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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In contrast with the tangle of criminal cases which mostly stalled against Trump, Brazilian courts moved swiftly against Bolsonaro, threatening to end his political career and fracture his right-wing movement.—
Ricardo Brito,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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But Sunday, unfortunately for him, slipped away quickly as World No. 1 grabbed his fifth season title.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Four prisoners had to take turns using a bunk bed just to grab a few hours of sleep.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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This betrayal directly led to a fatal ambush in the Philippines where David’s entire U.S. intelligence team was wiped out, except for him.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
13 Aug. 2025
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The systematic obstruction of congressional oversight, inhumane detention conditions and courthouse ambush operation at 26 Federal Plaza represent a fundamental threat to the rule of law.—
Murad Awawdeh,
New York Daily News,
30 July 2025
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The person denied being responsible for the noose, police said, noting that due to a lack of eyewitnesses and legal probable cause, no charges are expected against the person, who will not be allowed to return for any type of stadium construction.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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By entering guilty pleas, Darrow didn’t have to persuade 12 jurors to spare his clients the hangman’s noose.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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For all Sacks’ efforts to remain an indefinable cult figure outside the mainstream, he has lately been caught in Hollywood’s tractor beam, with several film scripts in advanced stages of development.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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But that’s why the piece decrying a (for now) defunct U.S. Senate bill to sell some of our public lands to the highest bidder caught my eye.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Rich and famous people with much, much better things to do are willingly humiliating themselves on Hot Ones, a web show that invites celebrities to eat hot wings while answering interview questions and that sold last year for $82.5 million.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
18 Aug. 2025
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The discovery provides a new glimpse into the complex web of human evolution.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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The man who snatched Roc, who was described as being in his 20s and was last seen sporting a black Yankees cap and medium-length braids, remained on the loose Thursday.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Once, Hockenson snatched a pass that McCarthy would have admitted wasn’t accurate enough.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Snare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snare. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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