roadblock

Example Sentences

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The need to directly overrule the unit, they said, made it a roadblock — one that no longer exists.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The $40 level—which acted as a significant roadblock since January 2024 with several rejections—should now see that former resistance turn into support.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

This time, the probe hit an internal roadblock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

There is no roadblock moderating access to the estate, nor any officials checking if the people outside are press, or anything else for that matter.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

There are no more magazines, no more films, no more substitutes; only me and my shadow, walking away from the two men, who stand at attention, stiffly, by a roadblock, watching our retreating shapes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood