pitfall
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Another pitfall is that if you miss the monthly deadline for a minimum payment at any point, you can lose the entire bonus.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Fortunately Ms. Anderson avoids the pitfall of tipping into gooey sentimentality while allowing for the possibility of spiritual rebirth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Another potential pitfall is a dispute over the construction of a flight of steps and a square as the main entrance to the facade of Glory, which would entail destroying blocks of adjacent homes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
But for passionate fans of this brittle candy, there's one pitfall.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
This was the pitfall Francie had been told to watch against.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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This is a trip that comes with potential pitfalls but also the possibility of great reward for the King.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
For all of its subtext about the pitfalls of algorithms, the film doesn’t wallow in nostalgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Traders are revealing where they see the biggest pitfalls in debt issuance related to artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Streaming links, along with advice on how to avoid their pitfalls, are freely available in online discussion groups.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ian Hacking, Larry Laudan and Andrew Pickering represent significant examples of people trying to avoid the pitfalls of both realism and relativism; I share that enterprise.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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