snag
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Production changes caused the 2026 Toyota RAV4 to be in short supply, leaving customers waiting months to snag one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Being a landlord is work, and you may have a long snag list.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Across town, dozens of people lined up outside the South Whittier Library before its 10 a.m. opening, hoping to be among the first to snag the card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Fans who were unable to snag tickets to one of the highly anticipated shows have not been left out entirely - events honouring Dion's comeback have dominated Paris in recent weeks.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
And now she was back to fretting about my running around with boys, worrying that Ba would somehow find out and disapprove, doubting that I could snag a boy like James.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Despite a few navigation snags, and a run-in with a panicking driver, the journey proved surprisingly mundane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The 737 MAX 7 is on track to gain approval in the latter weeks of July, assuming there are no late snags, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But most of the promised centers have run into snags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Analysts also highlighted snags in Regeneron’s Eylea franchise.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Of course, just as I think that, one of the vines snags my leg as it reaches for its counterpart on the other side.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Acranom snagged a Birch Grove contract, of more than $2.5 million, despite a general contractor’s complaints that its work on another school was so poor much of it had to be redone, according to prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Travel columnist Dawn Gilbertson recently snagged an $860 hotel room in Rome for $210 for next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
After paying £299,995 for the house, she said getting it snagged was "non-negotiable".
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
With runners on the corners, Waldschmidt hit a bouncing comebacker that Dreyer snagged and threw to second before Edman quickly threw to Freddie Freeman to end the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Here was the cloth, snagged on a shrub—and there, a few paces farther into the brush, the bowl.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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At McKinsey, snagging a job inside the firm has long been a multistep slog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
She would probably not be snagging a role for a 45-year-old executive.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Defects and snagging were the most common issues raised.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
It crashes down through the lower branches, snagging temporarily on a few but then twisting free until it smashes with a thud on the ground.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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