pitfall
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Fortunately Ms. Anderson avoids the pitfall of tipping into gooey sentimentality while allowing for the possibility of spiritual rebirth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
One major pitfall is that it may introduce visual bias into the hiring process, she noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
While the fund has been a winner for investors, its success highlights a key pitfall for ETF investors.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
Officials struggled to answer questions about post-fire beach safety in part because of a lack of historical data on pollution levels, a pitfall researchers would like to forestall before another disaster arrives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
This was the pitfall Francie had been told to watch against.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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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
Pope Leo XIV has weighed in on the moral pitfalls of seeing AI products as sentient, as my colleague Nilesh Christopher reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
In his award-winning essay, young British science writer Adrian Dredge wrote about the potential pitfalls of AI and policing.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 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
It was a perfect symbol for life outside Garland—huge, complicated, and full of hidden traps and pitfalls.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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