barriers

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He added: "There need to be barriers, there needs to be prevention, and we need to look at it seriously to make people feel safe, to make the businesses stay here so they'll prosper."

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

WSJ asked an engineer to break down the biggest technical hurdles and costly barriers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

He quickly learned to set up the barriers, but I’m not sure he felt he could count on them.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin