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Synonyms for snag

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Synonyms for snag

a tricky or unsuspected condition

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Synonyms for snag

a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest

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an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

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an unforeseen obstacle

catch on a snag

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get by acting quickly and smartly

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hew jaggedly

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Although multiple habitat characteristics previously identified as deterministic of cavity-nesting bird communities (e.g., snag density, tree density, mean snag DBH, and variance in DBH) varied among burn severity classes, CWD best explained the variation in cavity-nesting bird distributions seen in our study.
"What is at risk for all of these Snag workers is that they are potentially entitled to none of that if they are treated as independent contractors."
At Boulevard Burger and Brew in Richmond, managers use Snag Work to fill about three shifts a week, often during peak weekend hours.
Remember, of course, that snags are a good indicator of fishable structure.
Results: At the completion of 4 weeks intervention the pre and post statistical analysis revealed that clinically the McKenzie EEP improved pain (mean 9.12 to 1.46) and disability (73.82 to 6.24) slightly more than Mulligan SNAGs (pain: from 8.85 to 2.55, disability 73.75 to 7.05), while the Mulligan SNAGs improved lumbar ROM more effectively than McKenzie EEP in all directions including flexion, extension, side bending and rotation.
Sources said the pilot got angry as he was not satisfied with the manner in which the technical snag was being addressed and
Results: The study showed significant results for both the interventions in the treatment of CGH but SNAG mobilization has been more effective in reducing pain in CGH patients.
The finger is on the front of the mag and the snag is pointing to the rear, ready to grab onto the pants' seam there.
Danish home loan provider, Nykredit Realkredit A/S, has pointed out a snag in the net stable funding ratio proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Snag dynamics in a chronosequence of 26 wildfires on the east slope of the Cascade Range in Washington State, USA.
Their gleeful faces though made him suspicious, so much so that he began searching for the cause of the customers' smile sand it was then that the entire technical snag was detected.
The SMF saved me 15 crankbaits (I started counting), before I finally lost a crankbait and the SMF to a snag. So, it's not totally foolproof.
SNAG knives are the brainchild of martial arts expert Louis Krudo, a master of the Filipino fighting discipline Arnis, derived from the Spanish term arnis de mano (rough translation: harnessing of the hand).
OPERATION Turning Forty has hit a snag. That snag is Husb.
A double-decker Emirates Airline flight carrying 410 passengers from Bangkok to India made an unscheduled landing in the early hours of Sunday due to a reported "technical snag".