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pitfall

[pit-fawl] / ˈpɪtˌfɔl /


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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

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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