as in obstacle
something that makes movement or progress difficult
made a survey of all the hindrances to wheelchair access, such as curbs and stairs
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Recent Examples of hindrance
Leah Williamson’s absence with a knee injury sustained in the Euro 2025 final has been a huge hindrance both in defence and attack.
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Art De Roché, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
On the day of the massacre, the shooter opened and walked through the west door with no hindrance, though it had been pulled shut by a teacher.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
All these anachronisms are at least a matter of inside baseball, if a hindrance to Baylin and Susman’s attempts to evoke the same textured, realist milieu as the Safdie brothers.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
For her, regulatory guardrails are less a hindrance than a necessary framework.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Art De Roché, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
On the day of the massacre, the shooter opened and walked through the west door with no hindrance, though it had been pulled shut by a teacher.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
All these anachronisms are at least a matter of inside baseball, if a hindrance to Baylin and Susman’s attempts to evoke the same textured, realist milieu as the Safdie brothers.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
For her, regulatory guardrails are less a hindrance than a necessary framework.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hindrance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hindrance
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Still, recent history has thrown obstacles in the way of developers’ timelines for Sacramento-area sports venues.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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It was struck down, eliminating an obstacle for those lawsuits to get to trial.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Separately, industry experts point to fundamental technical hurdles.—
Ruben Nyanguila,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The landfill project has faced several hurdles and drawn the ire of residents since 2024, when Chisholm filed an application for a permit.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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Jason Olson was cited for resisting arrest, interfering with a crime scene investigation and obstruction of government operations, according to FOX 10.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The filing, entered Monday by Comey’s legal defense team, confirms that evidence collected in the leak investigation, codenamed Arctic Haze, is central to the Justice Department’s false-statement and obstruction case against him.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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Now, looking back, Spelling bemoans the embarrassment that kept her from speaking out sooner and wants to do her part to normalize the effects of eczema and dismantle the stigma.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
30 Oct. 2025
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Ron Rosenbaum on the Icon and the Enigma To be caught in the spotlight of our pretensions is the worst kind of embarrassment there is.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Hindrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hindrance. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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