Sentence examples for prominent setback from inspiring English sources

Thursday's lawsuit is the most prominent setback in the deal-making career of Carlos Brito, Anheuser's chief executive.

A prominent setback for the Army in the early days of the war was the ambush of members of the 507th Maintenance Company near Nasiriya, Iraq, in which eight soldiers were killed.

A deal would be a welcome development for Cerberus, which has suffered several prominent setbacks in recent years from its investments in companies including Chrysler and GMAC.

Julian Robertson, founder of Tiger Management, is on CNBC at 4 30 p.m. Maurice R. Greenberg, former chief of the American International Group, is on CNBC at 4 30 p.m. ACKMAN IN HIS OWN WORDS  |  The activist investor William A. Ackman has experienced prominent setbacks this year, racking up paper losses on his bet against Herbalife and taking a $500 million loss on J.C. Penney.

Although I would pose that in fact we've had more victories than setbacks in the last two years, the scale of some of the prominent setbacks- Citizens United, Prop 8, the outrage over Park 51, public support for Arizona law 1070, not to mention the ongoing foreign policy disappointments in Iraq and Afghanistan especially- has all been pretty demoralizing.

El Sistema undoubtedly would have gained international recognition sooner were it not for setbacks involving prominent conductors.

An industry analyst, Glenn Sanders, executive editor at EbookNet.com, points out that electronic publishers' reticence is generally due to poor sales figures, which can number as little as a few thousand.Other prominent authors view these setbacks as birth pangs rather than death throes.

The disease was "a huge setback as a prominent feature in the landscape and in biomass terms in the woods but elm is still there and it's adapted.

YouTube's upcoming subscription service is facing another setback as a prominent figure in the music industry, Irving Azoff, is pushing for higher royalty payments to his artists with legal action.

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It was a sharp but expected setback for Mr. Land, a prominent spokesman for conservative Christian causes.