setback

Mortgage rates surged to roughly a three-year high, a fresh setback for an already depressed housing market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Jaissle refused to give up, and "kept the dream for a lot longer than the doctors did", but the setback ultimately curtailed his career and he retired a few years later in 2014.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The latest homeless count showed an increase in the number of people living on the street, dealing a setback to a mayor who staked her reputation on the issue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

U.S. stocks started the week on a down note following the latest setback for peace talks in the Middle East and a deepening of last week’s selloff in U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Maria Isabel has a setback one morning before dawn as she is swimming across the Rio Grande into Texas.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

There were setbacks, including a Champions League final defeat by Chelsea in 2021 that left him unable to speak to his own family afterwards.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Employers, the committee wrote, hold a “jarring” skepticism about the current generation’s ability to handle workplace demands, solve problems without clear answers, and recover from setbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“When there’s setbacks like this, you just wanna stand by him as close as you can and into this next phase on this detour to getting back onto the field.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Like so many renovations, this one came with plenty of surprises and setbacks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

He’d convinced himself that if I was on the crew, there’d be fewer accidents, fewer setbacks.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover