holdup
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“The holdup quite frankly is Marty Makary,” said Richard Burr, the former North Carolina senator who now leads a pro-vaping group, the Coalition for Smarter Regulation of Nicotine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
But every year, thousands of refunds are held up, and the IRS isn’t required to process them within a certain period or provide information to taxpayers on what is responsible for the holdup.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
“He didn’t know what the holdup was in getting back to them on which university could be sued.”
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
Deliveries are also delayed due to a holdup in supplies of General Electric's F-404 engines for the jets.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025
Harry scrambled around, trying to pick it all up before the dwarf started singing, causing something of a holdup in the corridor.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
For weeks, McClain texted excuses about wire delays and holdups with other investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
But he also acknowledged such holdups arise because new wind and solar farms will need more transmission lines to carry their output.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
However, she adds, no serious holdups are expected.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
Among other things, he cites bureaucratic inconsistencies between the federal government and Navajo jurisdictions and holdups on environmental studies that determine how many animals can be kept on any given area of land.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
The holdups, the changes, the digressions and snags and refinements were all excuses, all part of a big, beautiful, exquisitely reasonable facade built up to obscure the real truth.
From Martyr by Alan Edward Nourse
