Sentence examples similar to a day of setbacks from inspiring English sources

The 42-year-old's mission to inject some of his own highly-strung commitment into the gifted but somewhat lethargic side – he drinks up to three kettles of coffee a day – suffered a setback.

By G. F. T. Ryall The New Yorker, October 15 , 1966P. 237 Dr. Fager won the Cowdin Stakes at Aqueduct last Wednesday, after a series of setbacks.

The New Yorker, October 15 , 1966P. 237 Dr. Fager won the Cowdin Stakes at Aqueduct last Wednesday, after a series of setbacks.

LONDON — Britain's already struggling travel industry suffered a series of setbacks on Friday when a large tour operator collapsed, British Airways offered thousands of managers a buyout and Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic said he would fight "tooth and nail" to prevent a combination of British Airways with American Airlines.

The former reality TV star needs an emphatic win in New York after a string of setbacks, including on Saturday in Wyoming, where Cruz swept all 14 delegates at stake at the party convention.

By Ian Crouch May 6, 2011 Last week, the birthers suffered a series of setbacks, beginning on Wednesday when the White House released Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate, and culminating in Obama's evisceration of birther hero Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinnerr on Saturday night.

McKenzie had pulled a hamstring the previous day, the latest injury in a series of setbacks that curtailed the latter stages of his career.

For Mr. Li, meanwhile, the ruling Wednesday represents the latest in a series of setbacks in his attempts to control his investment as he would have liked.

The closing of the fund, which declined 22percentt in 2001 through last Friday, is the latest in a string of setbacks for technology fund managers during this bear market.

In the latest of a series of setbacks, Obama said on Wednesday that he would heed the advice of his military advisors and cancel earlier plans to cut the current deployment of almost 10,000 troops to 5,500 by the end of this year.

Since May 1, the day Mr. Dolan became chairman, Bristol-Myers has suffered a string of setbacks.