delay
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This includes elections in 30 English councils that will now go ahead, after the government abandoned previously-announced plans to delay them.
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The government has abandoned plans to delay 30 council elections in England following legal advice.
From BBC
I put a big Mason jar in front of a coffee maker before I go to bed—I use that as a visual cue to delay coffee for an hour and drink water first.
Graduation ceremonies were virtual or delayed, and those leaving university were seeking their first graduate jobs in an economy recovering from the pandemic.
From BBC
Flights in and out of Kenya's main airport are being delayed following a planned strike by aviation industry workers, the national airline and airports authority have said.
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