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snarl

verb as in complicate, mess up

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Tit-for-tat duties reached triple digits on both sides at one point this year, snarling supply chains.

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States are starting to cut off food stamps for 41 million Americans, Head Start will soon run out of money, and air-traffic-control sick-outs are beginning to snarl travel.

At least three people have been killed in a fiery eight-vehicle collision on the 10 Freeway, resulting in a closure that snarled rush-hour traffic in Ontario, authorities said.

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At least three people have been killed and four injured in a fiery eight-vehicle collision on the 10 Freeway, resulting in a multi-lane closure that is snarling rush-hour traffic in Ontario, authorities said.

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But supply-chain snarls and permitting challenges are complicating everything, and the U.S. isn’t building transmission infrastructure or power plants fast enough to meet the sudden surge in demand for electricity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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