Sentence examples for a sudden setback from inspiring English sources

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His ouster is a sudden setback, especially since he was unanimously elected a year ago.

It is a sudden setback for the Bristol-based animators, who have hitherto led a charmed existence with the huge success of the likes of Wallace and Gromit and last year's Chicken Run.

The real challenge, however, was the rare case of a key actor coping with a sudden setback.

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The sudden setback ended a week in Brisbane that had been going exceptionally well for Williams, including jovial discussions of Ivan Lendl costumes at '80s-themed parties and her disappointment at herself for failing to train her aging dogs.

But the sudden setback has come as a shock, to company executives and to investors (Corning shares have plunged to $14.54 today from more than $113 last September).

At the same time, the sudden setback in the development of the railyards is a very public embarrassment for everyone involved, including the developer, whose reputation may be at risk; the authority, which was counting on the money for its capital budget; and the Bloomberg administration, which had made the transformation of the once-industrial West Side a centerpiece of its two-term mayoralty.

He is one of a small number of people who have chosen to describe publicly how difficult it is to manage such a severe dual diagnosis, including the sudden setbacks that often come with it.

But then all of a sudden the family suffers another setback.

A sudden withdrawal could result in a major setback for the US-led Nato coalition, particularly if other countries follow suit.

The meticulous coordination and sophistication of the attacks in Paris indicate the plot was hatched well in advance, but perhaps initiated as a sudden response to the group's military setbacks.

The disappointing forecast represents the latest setback for a company that until recently was riding a sudden run of profitability; the latest quarter was Sun's sixth profitable quarter out of the last seven periods.

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