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Wood didn’t play after the All-Star break last season because of a knee injury, had surgery this summer on the knee again, and in his slow ramp-up to play, suffered a setback.

It is understood there is no cause for alarm - and her plans are being adjusted to avoid any setback after recovering from a bug.

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Shell said it was pleased with the court's decision, but Friends of the Earth Netherlands said the ruling was a setback that affected them deeply.

From BBC

“The eurozone crisis was a real setback and that wasn't something I had predicted,” Cameron says.

From BBC

But if that effort fell short on a secret ballot, he’d suffer an embarrassing setback to his stature just when it’s at a new peak.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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