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holdup

noun as in problem, delay

noun as in robbing

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But he also acknowledged such holdups arise because new wind and solar farms will need more transmission lines to carry their output.

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Deliveries are also delayed due to a holdup in supplies of General Electric's F-404 engines for the jets.

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Netanyahu is expected to use the speech Wednesday to demand more aid and more weapons, without delay or holdups.

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So far, the only holdup has been finding young workers to train in a very old industrial craft.

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As recently as eight days ago the State Department was still arguing that the weapons holdup was a technical matter.

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

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