But plant breeding reduced the fibers, and now the beans are known as snap beans.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Fresh ones break with the pleasing sound of a snap.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

In most of the snap polls taken after this week's debate, the prime minister came in third.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

The weight of the snow caused tree limbs to snap and roofs to collapse.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

"People think he's going to do the thing in a snap,he cannot do that."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

He uses round,flat,Frisbee-like discs and a good snap of the wrist.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"The last major event on that fault occurred 250 years ago, so if the fault snaps, it's going to snap by 1.7 meters, and that's about a magnitude 7 earthquake."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Europeans are taking precautions to survive the cold snap.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

While snow has brought smiles to the faces of children who have dusted off their sleds for the new season,for others, this cold snap just days before the Christmas break, has brought frustration.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21