roadblock
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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 one roadblock consumers may face is a lack of EVs in the dealership lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But there’s no constitutional roadblock to anti-vote-betting laws, and they can serve some salutary purposes.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Police Commissioner Ahmed Sanusi accused the men of abandoning their official posts to set up the unauthorised roadblock.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
A dark-green pickup truck pulled up to the roadblock on the town side of the bridge, and a lean man in a green uniform got out.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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
The internet was supposed to bring us together, and, paradoxically, it created these roadblocks and divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
No one detained him, but on the ride to Cange he was disheartened to see military checkpoints and roadblocks in place once more.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
