delay
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Delay updates weren’t timely or consistent, and after they got on the plane, the pilot alerted them of a fueling issue that kept everyone on the tarmac for another hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
It apologised to those affected, saying it had introduced Visual Disruption Maps - videos to help passengers navigate service changes - and was raising awareness of the Delay Repay scheme to simplify compensation.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
Delay was again the name of the game.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025
“But one thing I won’t give into is delay. Delay is denial for people: lives, traditions, places torn apart, torn asunder.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025
Delay yielded only his intelligence that Death, death, we might as well skip across the moon as walk through town without a challenge.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing delay
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