obstacle

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A recent poll suggests many students view AI as both a threat to their future and an obstacle to their intellectual development.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Scientists have been exploring ways to remove or repair these harmful cells, but there has been a major obstacle.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

There’s something to learn here and Mr. Cachanosky starts by asking: “What if the obstacle is not the policy, but the institutional environment in which any policy must operate?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

When public utilities indefinitely cut power to the Portuguese Bend community in Rancho Palos Verdes last year following months of devastating landslide movement, most residents saw it as the neighborhood’s latest obstacle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

But what happened when a thing in motion–light above all–encountered an obstacle such as gravity?

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson