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setback

[set-bak] / ˈsɛtˌbæk /


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Bastion’s approval comes days after a setback for the broader crypto industry: The Clarity Act, a bill to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, failed to clear a procedural vote in the Senate.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

He’d been on the IL since May, first with a low-grade flexor strain in his left forearm, and then a shoulder impingement setback.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

It was a major setback that deprived the IBA of a key source of its international influence.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

The departure of Grospiron, the 1992 Olympic moguls champion, was confirmed at a meeting of the committee's executive board on Thursday, marking the latest setback in the event's troubled governance.

From BBC Sep. 10, 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

Tilbury recommends trying not to think of setbacks as mistakes, but as opportunities to rethink and improve.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Bass, while acknowledging those setbacks, said unsheltered homelessness — the number of people living outside or in their vehicles — had still fallen by 11% since she took office in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Mulcahy has found that travel first produces a burst of happiness, which then goes on to build “psychological resilience”—the ability to handle stress, adapt to challenges and recover from setbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

From the earliest days of colonial settlement and black slavery, African Americans have faced violence and setbacks even as progress has been made.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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