impassable
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“The longer the strait is impassable, the tighter commodity supply will become, thus the higher prices will likely go, and the greater the inflationary impulse that will follow,” the senior research strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
"The longer the Strait is impassable, the tighter commodity supply will become, thus the higher prices will likely go, and the greater the inflationary impulse that will follow."
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
It’s tucked in an old-growth redwood tree in the backcountry of the park, in Humboldt County, where there are no roads and a creek presents an impassable barrier, Williams-Claussen said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
The recent storms have also closed roads throughout the park, covering paved roads in debris and making them impassable, according to a National Park Service news release.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
They were to look for an island beyond the Eastern Ocean, beyond the impassable wind and mist.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Vocabulary lists containing impassable
The Alchemist
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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