roadblock
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The housing supply has improved, but rising mortgage rates are now a roadblock for prospective buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
"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
She later rebranded the line to As Ever, following a minor roadblock with the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
There, an army officer at a roadblock stopped us.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
There are various roadblocks, such as securing massive amounts of graphics processing units, paying for all of those, navigating political resistance to data centers and obtaining sufficient power.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
"If you only build data-centre capacity, you have not done much," Renda told AFP, calling for "political leadership" to help "identify the roadblocks, the obstacles and the enablers of this transformation".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
While society can put up all the Luddite roadblocks it wants, technology always finds its way around opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Agents who tried to investigate Omar al-Bayoumi encountered other roadblocks.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The agent snapped on his radio and, as he watched more cars head for Bud Gleason’s, contacted Dona Luz and the highway roadblocks to see if anything had happened.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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