diff --git a/snippets/latex-mode/align b/snippets/latex-mode/align
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+# -*- mode: snippet -*-
+# name: align
+# key: ali
+# --
+\begin{align}
+\item $0
+\end{align}
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diff --git a/snippets/latex-mode/equation b/snippets/latex-mode/equation
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+# -*- mode: snippet -*-
+# name: equation
+# key: eq
+# --
+\begin{equation}
+\item $0
+\end{equation}
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