snafu
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However, another missive from the judge's chambers quickly overshadowed the hotel snafu that same afternoon: the jury had reached their verdicts.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The mistaken reports mark the latest snafu for Bilt, which faced blowback after revamping its rewards-for-rent credit card earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Adrian recalls a snafu from the Munich Film Festival, but can’t quite remember the details.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Jefferies analyst Randal Konik, in a note on Tuesday afternoon, also said the Get Low snafu marked a hit to Lululemon’s reputation.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
Actually, normalcy didn’t seem so bad after my first snafu.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
If the interpreter got really snafued, a red light would halt the trial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Detroit's auto-industry analysts estimated potential losses at $130 million, with 300,000 workers idled and production schedules snafued.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cartoonist George Baker's crude, snafued Sad Sack, who had been syndicated to 60 civilian newspapers, was about to become a civilian himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
His haplessly snafued Sad Sack became the image of the downtrodden G.I. doomed to a perpetual losing battle with his own top sergeants.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dangerous shakiness of Snefru's snafued pyramid must have been known to contemporary Egyptians.
From Time Magazine Archive
By every device Nelson & Co. could conceive, the setup eliminates diffuse authority, parallel agencies, snafuing red tape, all other bureaucratic hindrances to efficient administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
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