Sentence examples similar to a would be setback from inspiring English sources

Huawei reportedly gets the green light to participate in Britain's 5G rollout, a would-be setback for the U.S.

A halt without a deal would be a setback for the White House, which is concerned that when lawmakers return April 13 from a recess Congress will impose new sanctions that could wreck the talks.

A loss would be a setback regardless of whether it comes against a rival on short rest following an even bigger game.

The U.S. rightly welcomed Nazarbayev's move, having earlier suggested a referendum would be a "setback for democracy".

You might think that gaffe-a-thon would be a career setback, but Senor has survived bigger debacles.

"The regime coming down in a speedy, orderly transition to a Sunni government would be a setback for Iran, but that's not what's happening," said Andrew J. Tabler, a Syria expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Doing so would all but assure a veto and would be a setback to reviving negotiations.

A Davies call-up would be a setback for United, which would lose him for up to a month.

Still, he noted that while a failure of Arab protests would be a setback for the Greens, the reform movement would still continue.

Ms. Burton, the commission member who said a defeat of the proposal would be a setback, was the lone dissenter on the 31-member commission.

Australia is first up this weekend in Durban, South Africa, where a loss for either team would be a setback to World Cup plans.