Example Sentences

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Delays happen, and you might need to pay to switch flights.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Delays occurred too for patients accessing the labour ward, in the provision of one-to-one midwifery care and in labour ward transfers for women being induced.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Delays in finalizing a deal between City Hall and the Olympics committee have heightened those tensions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"Delays in the legislative process would risk breaking the momentum," Piero Cipollone, a European Central Bank executive board member, said in a speech in Cyprus.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Delays at the fixed lines were foreseeable and eminently preventable.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer