setback
Example Sentences
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Nasa's Moon mission team received a further setback last month when its other partner, Blue Origin, watched its New Glenn rocket blow up during a routine engine test.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
That left gold “increasingly vulnerable to a technical setback once key support levels gave way.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
In March 2016, when the owners closed the restaurant, Joel decided to turn a setback into an opportunity.
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
This was no trivial setback, no mere snub; it was, to Bobby, the greatest insult he could imagine.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing setback
Vocabulary from Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech, November 9, 2016
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