Word: snatched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...junior backup catcher, who didn't enter Harvard's wild-beyond-words 18-16 win until he pinch-ran for Keck in the top of the seventh, figured in three bang-bang plays in the late innings, helping Harvard avoid the embarrassment of blowing a 12-run lead to snatch a win in Friday's opener...
...students who check out the March issue before visiting moms and dads snatch it up this weekend will discover the riveting writing is in some ways better suited for young people...
...epigraph to The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald used an oddly charming snatch of verse...
...semester began this week, seniors attended class in tailored suits, carrying briefcases instead of bookbags and putting away notebooks to pore over company fact sheets. Recruiting season had arrived, and the nation's most prestigious consulting companies had come to campus once more to snatch up the young consulting talent. It wasn't long before I began to feel left...
...industry isn't the only one adjusting to the era of plentiful petroleum. As the price of crude oil falls, the prices of lightly taxed American gasoline (and other petrochemicals) follow suit. Car buyers, with the incentive of bottom-dollar gasoline, snatch up large, gasoline-inefficient automobiles-particularly sport utility vehicles-in increasing numbers. John Schutz, Nissan's director of research and development, said on CNN Interactive, "As long as gasoline is cheap, there will be demand for gas guzzlers." This, of course, encourages auto makers to produce SUVs, which they've done in ever-increasing numbers...