roadblock
noun
road·block
ˈrōd-ˌbläk 
1
a
: a barricade often with traps or mines for holding up an enemy at a point on a road covered by fire
b
: a road barricade set up especially by law enforcement officers
2
: an obstruction in a road
3
: something that blocks progress or prevents accomplishment of an objective
roadblock
transitive verb
Examples of roadblock in a Sentence
That's the one roadblock to the plan.
roadblocks on the path to success
Recent Examples on the Web
Tapestry, though, seems on firmer footing since the deal ran into a roadblock.
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Evan Clark, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024
Among the roadblocks were schedule changes related to issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which had carried two NASA astronauts to the space station on a test flight in June but was deemed too risky to return its crew back to Earth.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
How 'tricks and traps' hurt consumers The FTC already was seeing a steady flow of complaints from consumers about how some businesses had put up too many roadblocks to canceling recurring charges.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Cost Tradeoff One of the biggest roadblocks to data efficiency is the lack of visibility into the total cost of data workflows.
—Desikan Madhavanur, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Evan Clark, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024
Among the roadblocks were schedule changes related to issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which had carried two NASA astronauts to the space station on a test flight in June but was deemed too risky to return its crew back to Earth.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
How 'tricks and traps' hurt consumers The FTC already was seeing a steady flow of complaints from consumers about how some businesses had put up too many roadblocks to canceling recurring charges.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Cost Tradeoff One of the biggest roadblocks to data efficiency is the lack of visibility into the total cost of data workflows.
—Desikan Madhavanur, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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roadblock
noun
road·block
-ˌbläk
: a blocking of a road (as by police officers)
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