snag
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Distribution has been both the film’s biggest snag and the source of its distinctiveness.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
First-time electric vehicle buyers in California can now snag a $3,500 instant rebate on new EVs made by Tesla, Hyundai or Lucid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The snag is that you have to be an MSP to stand for the leadership and she will not be able to take her seat until the Scottish Parliament returns in September.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
But just when Gil's rescue seemed imminent, the rescuers hit yet another snag: the security guard's legs were stuck in a chair.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
As she landed, though—as carefully as she could, so as not to snag her coat —she stopped short.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Supply-chain management involves human judgment when unplanned snags arise, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Analysts also highlighted snags in Regeneron’s Eylea franchise.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
On Thursday, Pages had another one of his sensational snags, taking an angle that would’ve made a defensive back proud in pursuit of Geraldo Perdomo’s fly ball to start the seventh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
That’s the new forecast from Christopher Granville, a managing director and political researcher at the firm, who sees potential solutions to fully reopening the Strait Hormuz as likely to hit some serious snags.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
All right: concentrate on keeping steady, and hope to avoid any underwater snags.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
While Yeager said she noticed the listing was quickly pulled from Zillow, she just assumed someone had snagged the rental before her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
They monitored the prices for a while and snagged their tickets three days before the game.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
When his favorite band, Metallica, announced a Sphere residency starting this October, with help of a friend in a fan club, he snagged tickets for two nights for $630.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
I snagged a $550 business-class ticket to Italy.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
I started out of bed, then snagged the quilt to wrap around my shoulders.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
After snagging a pink-and-red monster plushie, she excitedly jumped up and down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But local plumber Kenyon's campaign was dogged by past offensive remarks about women, while the fringe hard-right Restore Britain party dented Reform's vote by snagging nearly 7 percent of returns.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Local fishermen pulled up two large masses of metal that had become fused together through centuries of marine corrosion after snagging them in their nets.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
A specialist engineer has been brought in to investigate an engine management system fault and other "snagging issues" are also being looked at.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Movement flickered in the attic window, snagging his gaze.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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