roadblock

Example Sentences

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The company cleared a major roadblock to its IPO earlier this week, when it won a legal fight with its co-founder turned Altman foe Elon Musk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

That is a mental roadblock you’re inflicting on yourself.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Rwandan soldiers stopped them at the next roadblock.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Roadblocks were erected, and helicopters patrolled the highways; it was a roadblock in Utah that caught York and Latham.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote