pitfall
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The temptation and the largest pitfall at hand would be spending that leverage elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Another pitfall is that if you miss the monthly deadline for a minimum payment at any point, you can lose the entire bonus.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Another potential pitfall is a dispute over the construction of a flight of steps and a square as the main entrance to the facade of Glory, which would entail destroying blocks of adjacent homes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
It is a potential pitfall for Rosenior to be wary of given that, as a recruit from Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital's other club Strasbourg, he could easily be labelled a yes-man.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
But he didn’t want to fall into a pitfall many photographers fell into—shooting a subject’s entire body, head to toe.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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Investors who are inclined to catastrophize already have plenty of potential pitfalls to fixate on these days.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
This is a trip that comes with potential pitfalls but also the possibility of great reward for the King.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Traders are revealing where they see the biggest pitfalls in debt issuance related to artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Other pitfalls just have to be forgiven, like when Abrams has to explain how he’s feeling with an air hose between his teeth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“I know the pitfalls of being a celebrity scythe,” she confessed, although Citra already knew.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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