How to Use hit a snag in a Sentence
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If interest rates track those projections, then mortgage rates may see some decline as investors gain confidence that falling interest rates will not hit a snag, experts said.
— Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
The schedule hit a snag when one patient bailed at the last minute, leading Wilson’s camera assistant to ask a friend down the street to come in for a reading.
— J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 4 Sep. 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
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