How to Use hit a snag in a Sentence

hit a snag

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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
  • 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
  • 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

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