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snarl

[snahrl] / snɑrl /






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The storm is expected to snarl roads into the Sierra Nevada, and require motorists to put chains on their tires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Demonstrators, many organising online outside of formal representative bodies, have also used convoys on motorways to snarl traffic and tractors to gridlock central Dublin on occasions.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Apart from the air-travel impact, weather forecasters warned that the storm could snarl highways as families across the country make their way home after the Christmas holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

He loved to say it on the stump with his trademark snarl and jabbing finger.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025

John thought for that moment that his father believed the words had come from him, his eyes were so wild and depthlessly malevolent, and his mouth was twisted into such a snarl of pain.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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