setback
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But following a long period of stagnation stretching back to the 2008 financial crisis, the economy looks set for a fresh setback as the latest energy shock takes its toll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
But now, days before he heads to the G7 summit of world leaders in the south of France, he faces a fresh setback.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
For Gulati, who had put so much into that bid, it was a crushing setback.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The explosion was a “pretty big setback, an under-appreciated setback,” says Westwood chief investment officer Adrian Helfort.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
We are suffering a setback but we have not been beaten.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing setback
Vocabulary from Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech, November 9, 2016
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