Sadly, it was merely a blip on her road to re-election.
Is this the start of another maddening slide into mediocrity, or merely a bump on the road?
Whether this is a bad omen or merely a bump in the road — there's even been talk of an international chain of Ramsay rotisseries — only time will tell.
"The small-state stranglehold on the Senate," he writes, "is not merely a bump in the road; it is a massive roadblock to fairness that can and does stop all progressive traffic..
In this form, bowling to Root once he is established is damage limitation first and foremost, as borne out by the manner in which he sees reaching a century as merely a marker on the road to somewhere else: his 10 Test centuries are 104, 180, 200*, 154*, 149*, 182*, 134, 130, 110, 254.
But like I said though, it is merely a bump in the road.
And as with Brave, I sincerely hope it is merely a bump in the road rather than a sign of what's to come (essay).
The loss was merely a bump in the road, however, as Tennessee won all four regular-season games that followed, ending the regular season with a 65 0 drubbing of in-state rival.
While reviewing their show on May 3 , 2009 at the Van Andel Arena, Troy Reimink made a point of Crahan's absence, suggesting that while it could have seriously disrupted the tour, it seemed like "merely a bump in the road for Slipknot".
And among the most hardcore Sanders supporters, the end of the Democratic race is merely a bump in the road, on the way to a bigger, if vague, political revolution".I will continue this to till very end, and even when it's the end, I don't think it's the end because this is a movement he's created, and it's just snowballing from here," said Jessie Rone, 25, of Maryland.
Over cider doughnuts and fries before his speech, delegates and V.I.P.'s could be heard debating whether the damage to Mr. Blumenthal's Mr. Clean reputation would be lasting and threatening or merely a speed bump on his road to victory.
