- plural of pitfall.
pitfalls
Example Sentences
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Here’s how the restraining order process is supposed to work — and the pitfalls that prevent many applications from moving forward.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 16, 2026
What do you see as the potential opportunities or pitfalls of trying to do so?
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 21, 2026
Cost and competition are two of the industry’s biggest hurdles, but developers say they can avoid the pitfalls of big projects with smaller, safer designs that can be built quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 18, 2026
To be sure, there are pitfalls to plan for like the “kiddie tax,” whereby unearned income above a certain amount is taxed at the parents’ rate.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 14, 2026
Both artists retained in their grown-up writing a sense of the fragility and potential pitfalls of close relationships.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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