holdup
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But every year, thousands of refunds are held up, and the IRS isn’t required to process them within a certain period or provide information to taxpayers on what is responsible for the holdup.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
“He didn’t know what the holdup was in getting back to them on which university could be sued.”
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
“People were kind of saying, ‘Ashley, what’s the holdup?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Deliveries are also delayed due to a holdup in supplies of General Electric's F-404 engines for the jets.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025
Harry scrambled around, trying to pick it all up before the dwarf started singing, causing something of a holdup in the corridor.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
For weeks, McClain texted excuses about wire delays and holdups with other investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Those officials blamed most of the holdups on the humanitarian groups for not having enough capacity to get food and medicine in.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2024
He would not elaborate on the technical glitches that he said caused system delays, and he blamed holdups at certain locations on some volunteers who didn’t show up.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
The biggest holdups will be figuring out their new schedules and not overloading themselves with too many difficult nonconference games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
The holdups, the changes, the digressions and snags and refinements were all excuses, all part of a big, beautiful, exquisitely reasonable facade built up to obscure the real truth.
From Martyr by Alan Edward Nourse
