snafu
Example Sentences
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Perhaps half of the increase stemmed from a statistical snafu tied to last year’s lengthy government shutdown.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
In the end, it turned out to be a more mundane scheduling snafu.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
It is the latest snafu to strike the multi-billion dollar upgrade, after the launch of the new Acela train fleet faced years of delays due to design and production complications.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
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
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