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Example sentences for: setback

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That's a setback for the mothers, then the mothers are going to be father and mother, and that's a strain.
The LAT front-page McDougal piece says his death could be a "setback."
Despite this setback, an optimistic Barcelona plunged energetically into the preparation of another International Exhibition, with monumental buildings, pavilions, and sports facilities erected on Montjuïc hill.
The NYT says that Gore outpolled Bill Bradley 63 percent to 35 percent, adding that this result was a "setback" for Bradley, "who had campaigned aggressively."
Mother Teresa suffered a near-fatal heart attack, checked into the hospital for the fourth time this year, received an emergency angioplasty, staged a surprising recovery (attributed by doctors to her "spiritual strength"), suffered another setback, then improved slightly, but remained in critical condition with chronic lung and kidney trouble.