obstacles

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The environments where octopuses live, including coral reefs and the seafloor, are often highly complex and filled with obstacles.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The system creates an underclass estimated at between 200 million and 357 million workers who face obstacles putting down official roots in the cities where they live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

But I deeply appreciated that while underlining the real obstacles Deborah and Ava faced, the writers showcased and explored how the bad choices each women had made, and defended, also contributed to their situations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

With 24-time Grand Slam-winner Novak Djokovic also nearing the end of his illustrious career, fitness was expected to be one of the biggest obstacles to Sinner's bid for glory.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The actual affair may not have lasted as long as the opera itself, its incredible five- and-a-half-hour length being one of the many obstacles to its being mounted in its entirety during Berlioz’s lifetime.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall