snafu

Example Sentences

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In the end, it turned out to be a more mundane scheduling snafu.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The snafu followed an American flight to the East Coast in November, when Quigley and Mittman said that American misplaced one of their bags.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Jefferies analyst Randal Konik, in a note on Tuesday afternoon, also said the Get Low snafu marked a hit to Lululemon’s reputation.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

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

I imagined the usual plots—a helicopter rescue, a tunnel, a paperwork snafu and mistaken release.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos