setback
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The shifting timeline is a setback for Meta’s ability to monetize its massive investments in building frontier AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Jeff Bezos’s space company now says it expects its New Glenn rocket to return to flight within six months, just days after a fiery setback.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Nasa Administrator Jared Isaacman responded to the latest setback on X: "Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
A Blue Origin rocket blew up, bursting into an enormous ball of flames in a major setback for Jeff Bezos’ space company.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
This really rankled Khrushchev—one setback was not the end of the world.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing setback
Vocabulary from Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech, November 9, 2016
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