holdup

Example Sentences

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“The holdup quite frankly is Marty Makary,” said Richard Burr, the former North Carolina senator who now leads a pro-vaping group, the Coalition for Smarter Regulation of Nicotine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

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

Werfel hopped up like a toad to see what the holdup was.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin