delayed
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Thousands of flights across America were delayed, canceled and stuck on the tarmac Friday after the FAA announced a ground stop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
More than 3,500 flights were cancelled and more than 2,000 delayed in the US on Saturday, according to tracking website Flight Aware, as knock-on disruption continues.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
In another embarrassment, Saturday's news conference -- where administration officials also appealed for more funds to upgrade outdated systems -- was delayed due to technical problems with the audio feed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Nearly 3,900 flights were canceled and more than 2,300 were delayed on Saturday, a day after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights nationwide for four hours because of technical issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
He had delayed coming to Port Harcourt because he first wanted to find her so that they would visit the house together, look together at what they had lost.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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