pons asinorum

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Noun
  • The firing triggered the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller and a wider Justice Department investigation into the Republican's campaign contacts with Russia and Moscow's interference in the election.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Moss and Hufanga both got called for pass interference.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over the next 12 months, HMS will gain access to mentorship, commercial opportunities, business and legal advisory, digital tools, and physical resources such as co-working spaces and wet labs, support designed to help early-stage companies overcome common obstacles that startups face.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The permit problem According to Saltzer, capture is lagging because, despite available storage and existing pipelines, permitting new CO2 infrastructure remains a major obstacle.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Shabanov’s size also has to be treated as a potential impediment.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This bill is the first step, said Alford, in ensuring the federal government is working toward solutions to home ownership impediments.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He has been charged with armed kidnapping, willful injury, domestic abuse assault with the intent to inflict serious injuries and obstruction of emergency communications, according to public court records.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Bondi’s appearance on Fox News comes days after Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury on two of three counts sought by prosecutors, one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, according to documents.
    Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Those two atmospheric factors have been a hindrance for the formation of tropical systems from areas of stormy weather that move off the coast of Africa and into the open Atlantic this time of year.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The barbecue rub seasoning adds a tiny bit of that familiar barbecue sweet-savory mixture.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The hugs, kisses and belly rubs are not ending for Sgt.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • EconomyFortune 500 Experts say Trump’s $100,000 fee for a talent visa is a handicap on the tech industry.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Basque producers hope for a similar breakthrough, positioning their language not as a handicap but as a marker of distinction.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The additional hurdle for H-1B visas—a category for high-skilled workers that many tech companies rely upon—could undermine America’s ability to attract top tech talent, Bansal explained.
    Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, there’s still a final hurdle for Cootes to leap over in the final week of the preseason.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Pons asinorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pons%20asinorum. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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