barrier
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“Normally, law enforcement officers order people out of the car,” Dicus said, but Jianquan Bo got out of the car, drawing the focus of the deputies who struggled to communicate through a language barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
However, the steepest and most inaccessible terrain acted as a natural barrier, protecting important areas of old-growth forest that logging crews could not easily reach.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Spanish officials began installing a makeshift, inflatable barrier extending 500 yards from a breakwater where many migrants had swum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Despite the language barrier, he said they all understood each other "perfectly".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
She’d won the 1938 Bendix Air Race flying a fighter plane from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and later in life she would become the first woman to break the sound barrier.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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"The protection of all our external borders is a shared European responsibility," she warned, calling for "vigilant monitoring and the use of physical barriers where needed."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
It now has two rows of tall metal barriers, draped with black plastic sheets outside.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The analyst points out that the payments industry has high barriers to entry, and add that excluding the territory occupied by the country’s major banks, Cuscal has more than half the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The answer is likely no for many members of Gen Z, according to a new survey highlighting the financial barriers for Americans under age 30.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Young women, this is what this mentorship program is about. We will have fun, yes. But we will also discuss some of the distractions and barriers to success and hopefully gain strategies for overcoming them.”
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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