behind schedule
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The project is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over its initial estimated budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Trump ultimately arrived in Durant nearly two hours behind schedule.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The need for upgrades to campus infrastructure and the slow process of obtaining tax credits left the building program years behind schedule, precipitating a 2022 lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Boeing has said it expects to deliver the first of two purpose-built new Air Force Ones in 2028, several years behind schedule.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Recognizing that the architects’ delays had put everything behind schedule, he inserted into the construction contracts clauses that made him a “czar,” as the Chicago Tribune put it.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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