Sentence examples for familiar setbacks from inspiring English sources

Yet these were at least familiar setbacks.

Today's announcement is just the latest in a litany of familiar setbacks here that includes a collapsing currency, a yawning budget deficit and a deteriorating economy.

Quite how Guardiola will respond to another oddly familiar setback at an oddly familiar stage is a fascinating prospect.

Like the title character in Victor Nuñez's "Ruby in Paradise," an understated American independent classic with Ashley Judd that surely inspired this movie, Ms. DuVernay's Ruby lives in a recognizable world of familiar pleasures, disappointing setbacks and everyday struggles.

Some attributed his success to his celebrity as a news anchor, while others cited his life story, which includes a series of setbacks all too familiar in a chronically distressed city.

But the setbacks and disillusionment are familiar as well.

Some of the dodgy transactions between the Bank of China (from its Shanghai branch, probably) and Mr Zhou seem to have taken place during the preparations for the share offering, precisely when the bank was supposedly cleaning up its act.For those familiar with China's banking reforms, such setbacks are depressingly familiar.

The campaign has seen a number of setbacks and delays, mostly around a familiar theme: Going from prototype to mass manufacturing is really hard.

The early-round setback put her back in a familiar spot: out of commission.

This reflects broader unease about allowing what is in effect an arm of the Russian state to advance its interests in the EU.Even so the setback seems to follow a wearily familiar pattern.

All who are familiar with the history of the Middle East realize that there may be setbacks in this process.