sticking point

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It also includes a provision for Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to lay down its weapons -- a major sticking point.

From Barron's

Here are some of the chief sticking points.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sticking points are the NFL’s desire to have greater access to officials and the ability to implement a performance-based model—along with the financial cost to get what it wants from the union.

From The Wall Street Journal

But duration of tournaments is not the biggest sticking point.

From BBC

A year-long strike over AI protections for video game actors ended in July this year, with fears over replicating performances without consent being the main sticking point.

From BBC