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holdup
noun as in problem, delay
Weak match
Example Sentences
Still, during several holdups, he has fired his semiautomatic handgun into a wall “to show people he means business,” and he once shot a telephone to prevent employees from calling police, Van Winkle said.
Democrats could consent to some reforms on the health insurance subsidies—the issue at the heart of their holdup—while Republicans could commit to extending that healthcare funding.
Gunmen have conducted holdups around the mines, blocking fuel supplies and preventing local workers from reaching the mines, these people say.
But he also acknowledged such holdups arise because new wind and solar farms will need more transmission lines to carry their output.
Deliveries are also delayed due to a holdup in supplies of General Electric's F-404 engines for the jets.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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