snag

Distribution has been both the film’s biggest snag and the source of its distinctiveness.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Sometimes people snag a $1.50 hot dog from a cart on the casino floor while they wait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The snag is that you have to be an MSP to stand for the leadership and she will not be able to take her seat until the Scottish Parliament returns in September.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

But just when Gil's rescue seemed imminent, the rescuers hit yet another snag: the security guard's legs were stuck in a chair.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Because the moment the snag closes around my wrist, the line jerks me over the side and the next thing I know I’m flying out of the boat and into the water.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

Supply-chain management involves human judgment when unplanned snags arise, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

July 21: Israel relinquishes control of some towns in Lebanon to the country’s government after U.S.-brokered talks, though early snags include an alleged shooting by Israeli troops near Lebanese forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

On Thursday, Pages had another one of his sensational snags, taking an angle that would’ve made a defensive back proud in pursuit of Geraldo Perdomo’s fly ball to start the seventh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

That’s the new forecast from Christopher Granville, a managing director and political researcher at the firm, who sees potential solutions to fully reopening the Strait Hormuz as likely to hit some serious snags.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026

Taryn seems to notice the way my gaze snags on a child whining to her mother.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

This year, an albino Pomeranian-Chihuahua named Pinky snagged second place in the competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

They monitored the prices for a while and snagged their tickets three days before the game.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Williams snagged a six-bedroom, eight-bedroom Mediterranean mansion north of Miami in 2017 for $5.7 million.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

She buys party supplies and seasonal decorations, and snagged a tennis racket for $1.50.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

I snagged the buoy and tied up the skiff as he put it into irons, the sail luffing as it relaxed, some spray coming over the bow.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

There are several strike-slip faults where the two plates slide up against each other horizontally, sometimes snagging and building stress before violently rupturing and sometimes, as in Wednesday’s event, releasing another earthquake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

She and her mother watched Dear You last week, after snagging tickets to one of just eight special Teochew screenings.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

But local plumber Kenyon's campaign was dogged by past offensive remarks about women, while the fringe hard-right Restore Britain party dented Reform's vote by snagging nearly 7 percent of returns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Local fishermen pulled up two large masses of metal that had become fused together through centuries of marine corrosion after snagging them in their nets.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

The trees were thin and stunted here, for they were on the edge of the tundra, but there were brambles and snagging bushes in the path.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman