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as in to barricade
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Recent Examples of roadblock
Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Additionally, access to reliable information continues to be a roadblock for comprehensive analysis.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
One potential roadblock for Campbell’s plan is that even if college sports enjoyed the same protection as pro leagues, that protection might not amount to much and would probably be worth less every year.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Beyond that, privacy violations are another major roadblock.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The controversial and slow-moving forest management plan inside the Hoosier National Forest hit another roadblock last week.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Additionally, access to reliable information continues to be a roadblock for comprehensive analysis.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
One potential roadblock for Campbell’s plan is that even if college sports enjoyed the same protection as pro leagues, that protection might not amount to much and would probably be worth less every year.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Beyond that, privacy violations are another major roadblock.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblock
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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
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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
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Two officers responded and learned the teen had barricaded himself inside the upper unit of the duplex with several vicious dogs, according to a search warrant.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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All around them, students began the reflexive process of barricading themselves indoors with trash bins, chairs and even a table, as seen below– likely the only resources available to them.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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The Treasury has not set a date for when the final draft will be decided, but the government shutdown may delay a final decision.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Munich Airport in Germany briefly delayed the relaunch of flight operations on Saturday morning local time due to drone sightings, after previous UAV sightings earlier halted all traffic at the airport for several hours.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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And the second impediment was the kids did not exactly present with a full and rich interior life or subjectivity.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lyninger expressed skepticism over how traffic impediments would be defined and what level of street congestion would be permissible.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet blockaded Ukrainian ports, occupied Snake Island, and threatened Odessa, the country’s main coastal city.—
ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
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The education ministry said around 100 schools were disrupted and 27 fully blockaded.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Kobach has petitioned top Republican lawmakers to convene a special session with the goal of blocking the Kansas Department of Revenue from resuming its practice of accommodating gender marker change requests, according to a letter sent to GOP lawmakers and obtained by The Star.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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Learn how Louisville's Adidas and University of Kentucky's Nike contracts could block the new revenue stream.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Roadblock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblock. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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