holdup
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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
“People were kind of saying, ‘Ashley, what’s the holdup?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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
It was true; half the students in the Hall were now waiting behind them, looking over one another’s shoulders to see what was causing the holdup.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Earlier this month, a federal grand jury in Boston indicted 10 Indian nationals for allegedly staging convenience-store holdups in Massachusetts and elsewhere to secure U visas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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
But Ankara’s move toward ratification suggests that the time for further holdups may be running out.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
However, she adds, no serious holdups are expected.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 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 Nourse, Alan Edward
