snafu

Whether the confiscation was a security snafu or a defiance of the court order remains to be seen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

However, another missive from the judge's chambers quickly overshadowed the hotel snafu that same afternoon: the jury had reached their verdicts.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The mistaken reports mark the latest snafu for Bilt, which faced blowback after revamping its rewards-for-rent credit card earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Adrian recalls a snafu from the Munich Film Festival, but can’t quite remember the details.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

His haplessly snafued Sad Sack became the image of the downtrodden G.I. doomed to a perpetual losing battle with his own top sergeants.

From Time Magazine Archive

When 100,000 visitors come to town and everybody expects to be treated like Somebody, even A-listers can get snafued.

From Time Magazine Archive

Detroit's auto-industry analysts estimated potential losses at $130 million, with 300,000 workers idled and production schedules snafued.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dangerous shakiness of Snefru's snafued pyramid must have been known to contemporary Egyptians.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the interpreter got really snafued, a red light would halt the trial.

From Time Magazine Archive

By every device Nelson & Co. could conceive, the setup eliminates diffuse authority, parallel agencies, snafuing red tape, all other bureaucratic hindrances to efficient administration.

From Time Magazine Archive