How to Use roadblock in a Sentence

roadblock

noun
  • That's the one roadblock to the plan.
  • But that path was full of roadblocks.
    Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The project has hit roadblocks.
    Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But even that turned out to be a speed bump rather than a roadblock.
    Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • That’s not the only bill to hit a roadblock.
    Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The only roadblock would be whether there’s a thirst to keep telling them.
    Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
  • One likely roadblock in the talks?
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Two weeks ago, images showed roadblocks.
    Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This wasn't the first time a new roadblock has been thrown up for open-source researchers.
    Chris Looft, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The roadblock comes in the form of Polis.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But what might have seemed like a roadblock became something else.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
  • That could be a roadblock to any potential deal.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The roadblocks to founding a new city are daunting.
    Chris Elmendorf, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Sanders sees size as the roadblock to his team being able to compete in such a game.
    Mike Rodak | [email protected], al, 21 July 2022
  • Risk becomes a stepping stone rather than a roadblock.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • So far, the behind-the-scenes meetings have hit a roadblock, both sides say.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • That volume is slated to come out later this year and had not hit roadblocks.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
  • But this can be a roadblock in the pursuit of claiming your hometown.
    Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026
  • The roadblocks for a return to play proved too high and wide, however.
    Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 9 May 2025
  • Now a federal appeals court has thrown a roadblock in his path.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The talks with Alden soon hit a big roadblock over service agreement fees.
    Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The drug is a peptide, which is a small protein that works like a roadblock remover.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The best companies don’t see risk and control teams as a roadblock.
    Sarah Elk, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • The roadblocks ahead The big questions now are about cost and control.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The more roadblocks that came his way, the more creative Broecker got.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • Discover the common roadblocks men face — and how to move past them.
    Kimberly Richardson, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But perhaps the largest roadblock for that process could be one erected by city leaders.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In trying to get a hold of that candy, Black still came up against roadblocks.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2023
  • To get past that roadblock, Khalilzad has come up with a rickety workaround.
    Time, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The pair's love story hit a number of roadblocks this season.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 5 May 2025

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