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roadblock

[rohd-blok] / ˈroʊdˌblɒk /
NOUN
barrier
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STRONGEST


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First, some background on Bressi’s checkpoint-related battles, which he has chronicled online under the rubrics of Checkpoint USA, or CPUSA, and, more recently, Roadblock Revelations.

From Slate • May 25, 2018

That's how many the "California Health Care Roadblock Removal Act" needs by April 23 to qualify for this fall's ballot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2018

Channing Tatum, who played the lead Joe in “Cobra,” is on hand for a while, but he’s soon shoved aside to allow Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, as a character called Roadblock, to take over.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2013

But not for long�trouble was developing at Roadblock Alpha, the day's hot spot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Roadblock No. 3: The day-today uncertainty of Government regulation.

From Time Magazine Archive




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