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snarl-up

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noun

  1. informal a confusion, obstruction, or tangle, esp a traffic jam

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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You know you’re in a snarl-up when the NFL may decide to appeal to itself over the actions of the judge it helped appoint.

From Washington Post Aug. 2, 2022

There was always a big snarl-up there, loads of people in the road, police everywhere.

From The Guardian May 18, 2020

My husband and I got caught in a snarl-up unusual even by Delhi's standards.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2016

The other snarl-up, Colvin notes, is a tricky one, and stems from a group of conflicted interests.

From The Guardian Jan. 15, 2013

The occasional snarl-up of Canadian and U.S. legal authority rubbed Canadian pride raw.

From Time Magazine Archive

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