behind schedule
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“This project is years behind schedule, and the entire community is suffering because of it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Hence his plan to build more council homes, which sits alongside the government's existing ambitious home-building target - already behind schedule.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company has started work on a new plane design but is focused on delivering products that are years behind schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Google’s Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful AI model to date, is months behind schedule because of the company’s work to try and boost its performance, according to Bloomberg.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Recognizing that the architects’ delays had put everything behind schedule, he inserted into the construction contracts clauses that made him a “czar,” as the Chicago Tribune put it.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
