setbacks
Example Sentences
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Increasing the rate of rocket launches will take time, and setbacks are common.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
There are a lot of setbacks, and a lot of sleeping in the office, especially in the first five or 10 years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Tilbury recommends trying not to think of setbacks as mistakes, but as opportunities to rethink and improve.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Bass, while acknowledging those setbacks, said unsheltered homelessness — the number of people living outside or in their vehicles — had still fallen by 11% since she took office in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He reported that Lord Dunmore expresses none but the most sanguine expectations of our future success, though he admits that the setbacks of the late battle were great.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
