barrier

Example Sentences

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It would break the 10000 point barrier less than two years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

To investigate further, researchers focused on glucosamine because it is a naturally occurring sugar-related molecule that can cross the blood-brain barrier.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

"We'll have the entire system to include a secondary barrier in places we need it -- the water barrier and the Rio Grande River -- and the technology," Scott said.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Now Kane's stellar form and fitness suggest the time might be right for England and their talisman to overcome the barrier that has brought 60 years of pain.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Here, every vista ended in the same concrete barrier; the camp was set down in a vast man-made valley rising on every side to those towering wire-topped walls.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom