Sentence examples for rare setbacks from inspiring English sources

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Instead, Mr. Washington suffered a rare setback.

It started Phelps's big night with a rare setback.

District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau of Manhattan might be facing a rare setback on a matter of jurisdiction.

The troubles are a rare setback for Mr. Burnett, who is one of the most prolific producers of reality programming.

In taking up server software, she rejected Microsoft's objections, a rare setback in the ruling for the company.

It also led indirectly to a rare setback for Malone - the failure of a proposed merger between TCI and Bell Atlantic.

The vote was a rare setback for Genentech, widely considered the world's most successful biotechnology company.

A series loss would be a rare setback for Smith's South Africa in recent years, with the team at the top of the ICC Test rankings.

The company's descent into bankruptcy is a rare setback for Mr. Kluge, who amassed a fortune operating independent television stations in the 1960's and 1970's.

The deal would amount to an outright rejection of the Obama administration's insistence that auto dealers should be subject to the new regulator, a rare setback for the administration, which has persuaded Democrats to embrace most of its priorities.