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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a few setbacks and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing challenges or obstacles encountered in a process or project, often leading to a discussion of how to overcome them.
Example: "Despite a few setbacks and delays, we managed to complete the project on time."
Alternatives: "some challenges and" or "a couple of obstacles and".
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Even if you had an amazing year, you probably had a few setbacks and problems along the way.
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Don't get me wrong, I was absolutely fine, I have an amazing family and friends who I always have a good time with, but to go so many years with no decent romantic prospects, and with more than a few setbacks, let-downs and downright galling experiences, well, it takes its toll.
He had a few setbacks with it, and a team doctor discovered a small hernia.
"There are going to be a few setbacks along the way and we're seeing that with the social movement, but we shouldn't lose the end goal," Chambers told me.
IN a year full of comebacks (and a few setbacks), memorable anecdotes were plentiful.
A year and a few setbacks later, they finished the second car, the summer before Mr. Rhodes's senior year of high school.
We're progressing in small steps and taking a few setbacks.
The doctrine of progress teaches that things will gradually get better and better, notwithstanding a few setbacks.
I suffer a few setbacks — that midterm business, a bad debate — and you start panicking about how some stuffed-suit corporate raider who stepped out of an Eisenhower-era time capsule is going to beat cool, multiracial, 21st-century ME.
"This is a worlds where we need to perform, we've had a few setbacks – Burkey, Becky James yet to come back, and Callum Skinner has been ill – but it's like England playing Wales in Cardiff," Sutton said.
One continued to struggle, and the other suffered a few setbacks but ultimately improved on its greatest strengths by focusing primarily on what it did best.
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