roadblock
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"We hit a roadblock so hard, I think we all had airbag burns," said Steve Moore, who oversaw the FBI's 9/11 investigation in LA.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
That’s because playing on the same defensive line might clear the biggest roadblock that they have faced stopping them from putting up even gaudier numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But there’s no constitutional roadblock to anti-vote-betting laws, and they can serve some salutary purposes.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
After powering the artificial-intelligence trade for much of this year with their record run, semiconductor stocks have hit a roadblock.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
The dead become this massive roadblock standing between the Persians and the road to Sparta.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Demonstrations over worsening living conditions escalated into a revolt, marked by roadblocks that cut off major cities and calls for the president's resignation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Herry Kabut, editor-in-chief of local publication Floresa Media, told the BBC that "each resident has set up their own evacuation post" amid blackouts, landslides and roadblocks.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
During the primary, all major candidates agreed on the need to reduce roadblocks to homebuilding and permitting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Call them curmudgeonly roadblocks to progress, or the last beacons of sanity on the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kevin and Sunday drove off first, and we followed, so that if the soldiers at the roadblocks stopped them, he would see and stop, too.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
