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as in trapped
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 grabbed
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 snared
Loftin snared a line drive and tagged third to record the inning-ending double play.
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Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
The show snared nearly $80 million in advertising revenue in 2024, according to Guideline, a tracker of ad spending.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Towns finished with 13 points on five-of-eight shooting from the field and snared just three rebounds.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Juarez snared a line drive at second base, however, and threw the ball to Madison Marshall at first for the game-ending double play.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Trey Campbell scored 14 points and Leon Bond III added 12 for Northern Iowa, which surprisingly snared its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 by streaking through the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last week with four wins in four days as the sixth seed.
—CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Trey Campbell scored 14 points and Leon Bond III added 12 for Northern Iowa, which surprisingly snared its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 by streaking through the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last week with four wins in four days as the sixth seed.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Kuminga, 23, snared a rebound under his own basket with about five seconds left in the quarter.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
In 1996, the Australian state of Victoria snared the race from South Australia’s Adelaide, which had been the F1 season finale every year since 1985.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
The show snared nearly $80 million in advertising revenue in 2024, according to Guideline, a tracker of ad spending.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Towns finished with 13 points on five-of-eight shooting from the field and snared just three rebounds.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Juarez snared a line drive at second base, however, and threw the ball to Madison Marshall at first for the game-ending double play.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Trey Campbell scored 14 points and Leon Bond III added 12 for Northern Iowa, which surprisingly snared its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 by streaking through the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last week with four wins in four days as the sixth seed.
—CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Trey Campbell scored 14 points and Leon Bond III added 12 for Northern Iowa, which surprisingly snared its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 by streaking through the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last week with four wins in four days as the sixth seed.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Kuminga, 23, snared a rebound under his own basket with about five seconds left in the quarter.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
In 1996, the Australian state of Victoria snared the race from South Australia’s Adelaide, which had been the F1 season finale every year since 1985.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snared
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For too long, the conversation about digital assets has been trapped between price speculation and regulatory anxiety.—
Bob Diamond,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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And that duality is what makes the concept so tempting to explore more deeply — particularly through the interiority of a complex woman who will be literally trapped on the big screen.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
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Sabres winger Zach Benson took advantage of Lane Hutson stumbling at the defensive blue line, and grabbed a loose puck before setting up Josh Doan for the opening goal less than five minutes into the game.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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When he was found, deputies said Ortiz became belligerent, yelled at employees, threatened to harm them with a gun, and grabbed one of the resort employees.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Somewhere along the way, though, conservation became tangled up in broader political culture wars.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Technology and nature tangled together.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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And Bona, a second-year reserve, got caught too many times reaching in the cookie jar while defending Towns.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Before that drama began, however, five of the first six outs of the game were grounders to Deegan, which caught the eye of Dundee-Crown coach Andrew Zimmer.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Soon Collie is ensnared in a plot to kidnap a sickly rich boy that immediately goes off the rails.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Access to Canvas has been restored following yesterday's widespread outage that ensnared thousands of universities and schools.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
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Another lesson to be learned from Iran is that wars at this level, involving a great power and a lower-tier one, can’t always be tidy operations that end when a president is snatched by special forces in the middle of the night.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Police said the teens broke a glass window, and the suspect snatched $300 from the kiosk’s operator.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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He was also ordered to pay nearly $111 million in restitution and forfeit roughly $17 million that the government seized from bank accounts.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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So far this year, 12 guns have been seized by Annapolis Police, according to department data.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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How Disney's facial recognition works at park entrances At the gate, a photo of your face is captured and converted into unique numerical values.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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In real life, the pair’s crime spree at the height of the Depression-era captured the focus of the nation before they were shot and killed.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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“Snared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snared. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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