barrier
Example Sentences
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The track was still damp and the weather was drizzly when he went off, spinning and hitting the barrier backwards.
From BBC
Some scientists were sceptical because this would require the particles to cross the powerful defences of the blood-brain barrier.
From Barron's
There aren’t a lot of barriers and boundaries to how painters experience the world.
From Los Angeles Times
In this event, both competitors are positioned on a platform high above the ground, on either side of a see-through barrier, which they have to push to the other end.
From BBC
India has long maintained protectionist tariffs and “is really dropping some trade barriers,” said Jacob Kirkegaard, an economist with the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.