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as in snag
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
there are always a few hitches when you launch a system as complex as this one
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as in to yank
to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion
kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist
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as in to connect
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together
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as in to secure
to put securely in place or in a desired position
hitched the trailer to the back of the car
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Recent Examples of hitch
Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Avoid these hosting mistakes to make sure your party goes off without a hitch.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
The impressive team effort enables nematodes to hitch rides on passing insects to more favorable habitats and bridge otherwise untraversable gaps, Ding and her co-authors suggest.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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Noun
Suspect SSDs and Fusion Failures Crank out a few million laptops, and you're bound to occasionally have some hitches.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Avoid these hosting mistakes to make sure your party goes off without a hitch.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
Verb
The fully electric caravan is packed with a number of forward-thinking features, including, most intriguingly of all, the ability to hitch itself.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
The impressive team effort enables nematodes to hitch rides on passing insects to more favorable habitats and bridge otherwise untraversable gaps, Ding and her co-authors suggest.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitch
Noun
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Rory McIlroy’s dealings with the media drew a response from golf influencer Paige Spiranac as the Northern Irishman’s pursuit of another major title hit a major snag at the U.S. Open.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2025
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But efforts to renew that venture and bring the show to the Paramount+ streaming service have hit a major snag, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
Noun
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In his tenure in Detroit and Indiana, the first time, his teams were built around defense.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2025
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His effective field goal percentage sank to 52 percent, the lowest of his Bucks tenure.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Verb
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The administration previously yanked, and then reinstated, visas at an array of universities for more than 4,700 students this spring.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The National Institutes of Health, which is under Kennedy's command, has stopped accepting submissions for its flagship journal on environmental health and yanked research grants.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
18 June 2025
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The island would be connected to the mainland via a causeway that gave them access during low tide.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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The virus has mutated substantially on the mainland, on the other side of the causeway connecting the humans’ new island home.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
21 June 2025
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Although cybersecurity is a considerable concern, the importance of securing the database is easily overlooked.—
Jakub Lamik,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Normally this would not be on alert for me, but the Angels have secured at least a split of this four-game series and are just two games under .500.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Verb
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The graduate is not only bummed about the sister’s absence.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Everyone — from those actually paying to the ones still bumming a log-in — wants to know how Netflix and other streaming services’ crackdowns on password sharing affect them.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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However, the overall absolute risk is still small, according to the researchers.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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Lower birth weights place babies at a greater risk of health problems, from immediate issues like low oxygen levels to long-term difficulties that range from metabolic to cognitive to neurodevelopment impairments, per the study.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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In the early stages of Israel’s war on Gaza, China made a similar offer and dispatched a special envoy to the region to promote peace talks — efforts that ultimately yielded little in terms of concrete results.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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As a movie on its own terms, White Zombie (which would be followed up by something of a sequel, Revolt of the Zombies) can at times feel a bit stagnant, a trait that's not uncommon in these early '30s horror movies where the cinematic language of the genre was still being developed.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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“Hitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitch. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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