1.   By the half, BC appeared to be on the way to suffering another stinging setback to a Big East also-ran.

2.   It was a stinging setback, but Westphal quickly rebounded.

3.   The extradition ruling was a stinging setback for prosecutors, who hoped to see Pang tried in Seattle on four counts of first-degree murder.

4.   The result was a stinging setback for Gingrich.

5.   The vote against the proposed changes last February was a stinging setback for the president and his party.

6.   They note that the Clinton administration suffered a stinging setback last year when the Senate rejected the treaty banning nuclear tests.

7.   Voters in Zimbabwe have dealt President Robert Mugabe a stinging setback, rejecting a draft constitution that his opponents charged would have entrenched his powers.

8.   President Bush and his political operation have been knocked off balance by stinging setbacks in Congress, a tough first overseas trip and doubts about his conservative agenda.

9.   Stinging setbacks in Congress, a tough first overseas trip and doubts about his conservative agenda have knocked President Bush off balance.

10.   Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez has this week suffered three stinging political setbacks and is now facing renewed pressure from his opponents to step down.

a. + setback >>共 273
major 11.96%
serious 6.56%
latest 6.12%
temporary 4.51%
recent 3.89%
military 2.78%
severe 2.67%
early 2.34%
legal 2.11%
second 1.95%
stinging 0.56%
stinging + n. >>共 175
criticism 7.97%
defeat 7.77%
rebuke 7.57%
attack 6.37%
eye 2.59%
dissent 1.99%
setback 1.99%
loss 1.79%
rebuff 1.59%
shot 1.39%
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