Sentence examples for serious setback of from inspiring English sources

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"The Nasdaq is playing a little catch-up because they had a serious setback of underperformance as we got into September," said Mr. Hill, the Brown Brothers Harriman analyst.

'Every time I cross the finish line there's a little sigh of relief,' he says Winner Marcel Kittel Overall 1 Chris Froome 2 Alejandro Valverde +3min 25seCrosswindsds play havoc with the peloton and split the race apart, causing Froome's first serious setback of the Tour as Bauke Mollema and Contador close the gap at the top to 1min 9sec.

The passage of this religion law is the latest and most disturbing example of this serious setback of human rights and the rule of law in Hungary.

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Everton have been dealt a serious setback on the eve of the new Premier League season after Ross Barkley suffered a training ground injury that could sideline the England international for up to two months.

If the advance holds, it would be a serious setback for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.

The split is widely viewed as a serious setback for one of the most powerful anticorruption movements in the past two decades in India.

"I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that today's decision is a serious setback for freedom of expression in this country," Justice Alito wrote.

The $550,000 fine that the Federal Communications Commission imposed on CBS for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl was a serious setback to freedom of expression.

While CBS has rightfully won the day regarding Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl, I find it ludicrous that your editorial suggests that the Federal Communications Commission's ruling — however arbitrary — constituted a serious setback to freedom of expression.

As there is no such thing in a liberal society as a right not to be offended, any effort at censorship that goes beyond the well-known limitations of hate speech and the like — whether state enforced or self-imposed — would be a serious setback for freedom of expression.

Campaigners say the court's decision to dismiss Gove's appeal is a serious setback to ministers' hopes of resuming the detention of asylum seekers.

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