roadblock

Example Sentences

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Travel ball begins in June, and that’s the big roadblock for softball, with many coaches and players participating.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

She dreamed of working in Australia for a year, but the medication that changed her life proved to be the roadblock in making that dream a reality.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston