behind schedule
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The need for upgrades to campus infrastructure and the slow process of obtaining tax credits left the building program years behind schedule, precipitating a 2022 lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Boeing has said it expects to deliver the first of two purpose-built new Air Force Ones in 2028, several years behind schedule.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Google has fallen months behind schedule in releasing a new model from its most powerful “Pro” series, despite Chief Executive Sundar Pichai saying in May that one would arrive “next month.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
His box truck was loaded down with oxygen tanks and he was already forty minutes behind schedule.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
