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as in to barricade
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Recent Examples of roadblock
Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
The universe has been consistently placing roadblocks in front of your productivity at every turn.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The Black Caucus believes the fees create a roadblock for families, the media and community groups to access the public record, particularly when seeking accountability for things that affect Black and minority communities.
—J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Dec. 2024
Prepare by identifying potential roadblocks and devising contingency plans.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Congestion pricing also survived several lawsuits seeking to block the program, including a last-ditch effort from the state of New Jersey to have a judge put up a temporary roadblock against it.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
The universe has been consistently placing roadblocks in front of your productivity at every turn.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The Black Caucus believes the fees create a roadblock for families, the media and community groups to access the public record, particularly when seeking accountability for things that affect Black and minority communities.
—J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Dec. 2024
Prepare by identifying potential roadblocks and devising contingency plans.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblock
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Discrediting the science As the industry’s recruitment of spokespeople aimed to stem the tide of local gas bans, SoCalGas faced another obstacle: Mounting research that revealed the harmful health effects of gas stoves.Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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There is a path to preventing such a wrong turn, even if the path is strewn with obstacles and is uphill all the way.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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The sergeant then shot the man, who then ran into a nearby apartment building and barricaded himself, police said.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
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McDonnell said his officers evacuated the building where Metoyer had barricaded himself, then spent hours trying to coax him out.James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Fetterman is a co-sponsor of the Laken Riley Act — an immigration bill aimed at curbing crime by migrants — which cleared its first hurdle toward passage in the Senate last week, when 33 Senate Democrats voted with Republicans in the 84-9 vote Thursday.Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
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One persistent hurdle is maintaining staff engagement in a high-turnover industry.Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Global bond markets are on the rise Bond markets are moving upward, with the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield climbing to 4.78% as investors anticipate that the Federal Reserve may delay lowering interest rates until 2026.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
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Extreme weather across the country delayed and changed the flight path of wild birds, the main carriers of the virus.Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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Just 49 percent of US consumers listed range as an impediment, with 46 percent indicating charging times and 44 percent listing price.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
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State support is not the only impediment to starting a PACE program.Sara Zeff Geber, PhD, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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China practiced blockading Taiwan just last month by surrounding the island, which could, if executed in earnest, stop imports or exports from the country.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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For example, the drills highlight China’s preparations for blockading Taiwan, either as a stand-alone coercive measure or as a precursor to a full-scale invasion, experts say.Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
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Although Wade was a member of his school basketball team, his height was (obviously) a hindrance to furthering that career.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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With one more win, the Bucs can complete the feel-good story in a year where the hindrances seemed insurmountable.J.J. Bailey, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The appeals court also has previously reversed Cannon’s rulings, including one appointing a special master to review the documents collected from Trump’s home for materials potentially protected by executive privilege, blocking their release to investigators.Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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This adversarial use of AI creates an arms race where defenders must adopt AI not just to respond to threats but to anticipate and preemptively block them.Tony Bradley, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Roadblock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblock. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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