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Discover LudwigThe phrase "snatch from" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe taking something away from someone, either quickly or without their knowledge. For example, "He snatched the phone from her grasp before she had a chance to answer it."
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Take the black wool militaristic Viktor & Rolf coat one woman tried to snatch from me.
Jun Do accidentally drowns a girl he is trying to snatch from a pier.
He says something to her in Italian, a a snatch from some opera.
Mr. Ziegler looked upon me as a green young Republican brand that he could snatch from the burning.
Despite appearances, it is a political ground zero in a state the Republicans are fighting to snatch from the Democrats.Minnesota is famous as a liberal bastion.
She sang a snatch from "Cheek to Cheek," which Bennett and Lady Gaga had performed at the Grammy Awards, her voice bright and warm and full of mischief.
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Snatched from under their foreign eyes.
Live eels snatched from a bucket?
Who snatches from the fire the blazing brand.
Oksana's breath was snatched from her.
Dreyfus was snatched from his parched exile and brought home.
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