barriers

Example Sentences

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Removing those barriers would invite a flood of high-quality, low-cost global supply, forcing Detroit to reclaim the affordable market or cede it to those who can serve it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Clarke spoke of a need for barriers along the road, adding that the borough council had called for the road to be blocked off to traffic.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

In recent years, Pyongyang has blown up roads and railways linking it with the South, and purportedly built barriers near the border.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Jack Feng, external affairs vice president for UCLA’s Graduate Students Assn., voiced support but said barriers persist for graduate, out-of-state, international and mid-career students.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

After the country sent two women into space on three different spaceflights, one might assume that gender barriers in space were a thing of the past for the Soviet Union.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson