snag

Example Sentences

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Margarita Perez, a 58-year-old architect from Germany, didn't manage to snag a ticket for Saturday but has been scouting the area so she can "stay nearby".

From BBC

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

The broken brim on her hat hung down over one of her ears, and stickers had snagged her skirts.

From Literature

A few paces off the trail, he found three long black hairs snagged on a twig at about head height.

From Literature

And now she was back to fretting about my running around with boys, worrying that Ba would somehow find out and disapprove, doubting that I could snag a boy like James.

From Literature