snafu
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Perhaps half of the increase stemmed from a statistical snafu tied to last year’s lengthy government shutdown.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
In the end, it turned out to be a more mundane scheduling snafu.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
It is the latest snafu to strike the multi-billion dollar upgrade, after the launch of the new Acela train fleet faced years of delays due to design and production complications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
The only real snafu of the day was with the ball-tracking technology that was supposed to record movement data on each of his pitches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
Actually, normalcy didn’t seem so bad after my first snafu.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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
When 100,000 visitors come to town and everybody expects to be treated like Somebody, even A-listers can get snafued.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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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