Examples of sticking point in a Sentence
The length of the contract has become a sticking point in the negotiations.
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Security is said to be a sticking point amid an ongoing rift between Prince Harry and his father, King Charles.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 21 May 2025
Both sides had described wages — and specifically pay parity between those who operate trains in the Garden State and their MTA colleagues across the Hudson River — as the major sticking point in negotiations.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
While economically minor, fishing has long been a sticking point and a symbolically important issue for the U.K. and EU member states such as France.
—Sylvia Hui, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Access to fishing waters has been another major sticking point.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Janine Henni, People.com, 21 May 2025
Both sides had described wages — and specifically pay parity between those who operate trains in the Garden State and their MTA colleagues across the Hudson River — as the major sticking point in negotiations.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
While economically minor, fishing has long been a sticking point and a symbolically important issue for the U.K. and EU member states such as France.
—Sylvia Hui, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Access to fishing waters has been another major sticking point.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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“Sticking point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticking%20point. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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