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snafu

[sna-foo, snaf-oo] / snæˈfu, ˈsnæf u /


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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

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

However, a second snafu came a little after 7:30 p.m., in the gala’s home stretch.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 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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