as in hurdles
something that makes movement or progress difficult
stumbling on all the obstacles along the path
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Recent Examples of obstacles
There was an element of cynicism, but not on the part of determined prosecutors who overcame obstacles and brought the case to guilty pleas by three defendants and the conviction on 21 counts of the public official who ignited the scandal.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
But obstacles veered her away from art for years.
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Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
And that’s to say nothing of the complex political obstacles to the whole idea of planetary defense.
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Govert Schilling,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
Soaring through skies, dodging obstacles, and shooting tiny robots and giant bosses felt great in the original release, so none of that needed significant changes.
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Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
The quadruped robot can climb industrial and open-riser stairs with slopes of up to 45 degrees, traverse uneven terrain, and step over obstacles exceeding 20 centimeters while maintaining stability.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
The obstacles in managing the loudness of ads are underscored when considering the dissatisfaction that remains among broadcast, cable, and satellite viewers.
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Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2026
The greatest obstacles to controlling Ebola are rarely the virus itself.
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Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
26 June 2026
But there were still obstacles — among them, creating a new search capability to replace one on the old government site that would have been too expensive to keep using.
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Scott Neuman,
NPR,
26 June 2026
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
But obstacles veered her away from art for years.
—
Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
And that’s to say nothing of the complex political obstacles to the whole idea of planetary defense.
—
Govert Schilling,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
Soaring through skies, dodging obstacles, and shooting tiny robots and giant bosses felt great in the original release, so none of that needed significant changes.
—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
The quadruped robot can climb industrial and open-riser stairs with slopes of up to 45 degrees, traverse uneven terrain, and step over obstacles exceeding 20 centimeters while maintaining stability.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
The obstacles in managing the loudness of ads are underscored when considering the dissatisfaction that remains among broadcast, cable, and satellite viewers.
—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2026
The greatest obstacles to controlling Ebola are rarely the virus itself.
—
Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
26 June 2026
But there were still obstacles — among them, creating a new search capability to replace one on the old government site that would have been too expensive to keep using.
—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obstacles
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Working with researchers at the Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Edinburgh, and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, IQM has developed a new family of error correction called directional tile codes, addressing major hurdles in quantum error correction.
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The bill targets the cost of construction, regulatory red tape, zoning restrictions, and banking hurdles.
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To have the best chance of viewing the planetary alignment, find a spot free of light pollution and a view of the horizon without obstructions like trees or tall buildings.
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Not just crashes, but obstructions, emergency scene conflicts, unexpected stops in travel lanes and response-time performance.
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The Broadway production has also formed an official partnership with mental health nonprofit Project Healthy Minds to reduce barriers to care by making support options for mental health services easily accessible to those in need.
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Deloitte's State of AI in the Enterprise research similarly highlights governance, risk management and data readiness as some of the most significant barriers to scaling AI successfully.
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Sitting around a table in the soundstage where the pilot for I Love Lucy was filmed, the six of them tailored the roles to the actors and infused the script with arguments, embarrassments, and confessions from their own relationships.
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The order to whitewash America’s historic sites of anything less than rosy about the nation’s past has led to some predictable embarrassments.
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“Obstacles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstacles. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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