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be·hind the eight ball

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of behind the eight ball in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of behind the eight ball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of behind the eight ball in a Sentence

  1. Tom Kloza:

    Russian oil is not crucial to United States. United States's crucial to Europe, i don't know what Europe is going to do without Russian crude. If you take it away, Europe is really behind the eight ball.

  2. Steve Gregg:

    I really don't feel like they have any interest in supporting drivers, lyft seems to be kind of behind the eight ball in comparison to Uber.

  3. The President:

    I guess I shouldn't apologize, but I do apologize for the fact that the United States -- the last administration pulled out of the Paris accord. It put us sort of behind the eight ball a little bit.

  4. Gretchen Whitmer:

    We have, as a nation, I think been behind the eight ball from the beginning, testing, testing, testing is crucial and this supply chain issue remains a major problem.

  5. Chris Kubas:

    It's a perfect storm, and we just didn't have enough time to react, now we're just behind the eight ball, and I have no idea when we'll get out from behind it. We're doing the best we can to accommodate all our customers.

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