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• Hunter Bryant's strong start to training camp has hit a snag.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2020
• Joe hit a snag in his plan and returned to the vault to find that Delilah had been murdered.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• Those plans hit a snag in Week 2 when Taylor hurt his hamstring in the first half of a loss to the Browns.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• The chef was out on the water with her husband when their raft hit a snag and flipped over.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 July 2024
• One of the feel-good stories of Browns training camp hit a snag on Tuesday.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2021
• But Paulette’s plan could hit a snag because of a general labor strike — not a rare event in France.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• The company was in talks to acquire Seagen for about $40 billion before those talks hit a snag.
  — David Wainer, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
• Of course, with a new variant currently ravaging the world, Apple could hit a snag.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 21 Dec. 2021
• But Take Note The nursing and pumping bra hit a snag in the access category.
  — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 10 Apr. 2024
• Arnold Schwarzenegger's trip to a charity auction just hit a snag.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
• Things hit a snag a month later, when the Saudi export license expired.
  — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• But talks to secure the return of at least some of them in exchange for a halt in the fighting and the release of Palestinian prisoners have hit a snag.
  — Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• A couple this week got married on a Southwest flight after their Las Vegas elopement hit a snag.
  — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2022
• But exports hit a snag in recent days when Rosneft Oil Co. struggled to find buyers for enough oil to fill a fleet of tankers, traders familiar with the sale said.
  — WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
• However, things hit a snag on Sunday when a tornado touched down close to the sanctuary.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• However, things hit a snag on Sunday when a tornado touched down close to the sanctuary.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• The prosecution's case against the defendants hit a snag in 2017, after an appeals court ruled that the judge presiding over the case was biased.
  — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
• The Hollywood lunch has hit a snag with pandemic techies, who have turned to bike and walk and talk meetings as a way to both get exercise and be social distant.
  — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2020
• Five years ago this week, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign hit a snag.
  — Peter Manseau, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2020
• The shot hit a snag when GSK had to halt a trial in pregnant women, forcing it to concentrate on protecting older adults.
  — Ashleigh Furlong, Fortune Europe, 21 May 2024
• Business)After weeks of cautioning that the spectacular run-up in stocks was likely to hit a snag, a dramatic sell-off shook Wall Street on Thursday.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 4 Sep. 2020
• Regardless of her motivations, Kim’s plan appears to hit a snag — or does it? — when Cliff Main confronts Howard about all the shady things he’s witnessed over these last few episodes.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022
• But his career hit a snag in 2022, as an ankle injury hampered his delivery and diminished his stuff, keeping him in the minors the whole year.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2024
• Unfortunately for Cromwell and the Pride, that relationship hit a snag.
  — Austin David, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2022
• But the merger was scuttled in recent months after the regulatory approval process hit a snag.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
• The Senate version hit a snag during floor debate on Tuesday, while the House iteration zipped to quick passage Wednesday morning.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Jan. 2022
• But that plan hit a snag when the university said the building’s design could not accommodate the studios, which are central to expanding its program.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2024
• But that plan hit a snag when the university said the building’s design could not accommodate the studios, which are central to expanding its programs.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023
• Devin Hall came from a pioneering southern Dallas family who lived up to his promise until his attempts to do business at City Hall hit a snag.
  — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
• But, as The WSJ recently reported, the national security talks have hit a snag as pressure mounts on the company.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024