setback
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Setback advocates expect to know the final status of the referendum effort and the validity of its signatures sometime between the end of February and April.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022
She also wrote a memoir about her nomination experience, “Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback Into a New Vision of Social Justice,” published in 1998.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022
"Now — after just 100 days — I can report to the nation: America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility. Crisis into opportunity. Setback into strength," he said.
From Fox News • Apr. 29, 2021
Biden will add: “Now - after just 100 days - I can report to the nation: America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility. Crisis into opportunity. Setback into strength.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2021
Down: Setback for Travis Zajac Just when it appeared the Devils were getting their complete lineup together, Zajac has been shut down for at least two weeks while he rests a sore Achilles’ tendon.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2012
Vocabulary lists containing setback
Vocabulary from Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech, November 9, 2016
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