snag
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One snag is that you usually have to have pretty good credit to qualify for a 0% card.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Distribution has been both the film’s biggest snag and the source of its distinctiveness.
From Salon ● Aug. 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
There’s an actual food competition to snag a vending spot at the weekly Wat Thai Buddhist temple food court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
There was one snag: Wake, surely expected to be an easy conquest, wouldn’t give in.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
Supply-chain management involves human judgment when unplanned snags arise, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
A vote on the crypto bill known as the Clarity Act has hit more snags.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
But most of the promised centers have run into snags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 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
Leaving the window open, Will, in the other-world meadow, felt with the knifepoint for the familiar snags and tried them.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Some ticket hopefuls scoff at the price tags, which are far higher than the widely promoted $28 tickets that half a million people snagged in the first locals presale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
This year, an albino Pomeranian-Chihuahua named Pinky snagged second place in the competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He’s also in good company: Emily Blunt and John Krasinski are neighbors, having snagged a full-floor apartment in the building for $11 million the following year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
They monitored the prices for a while and snagged their tickets three days before the game.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
He snagged a fry and swiped it through ketchup.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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
While that leaves many investors curious about snagging a piece of big-name privately held firms, advisers said they rarely recommend it to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
I tried to focus, but the note stuffed into my backpack kept snagging my attention.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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