sticking point
Example Sentences
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The Strait of Hormuz remains the major sticking point.
From Barron's
The main sticking point is whether the project will go after global markets, as its partners say, or only Europe, as its critics counter.
The technology was one of the key sticking points in the writers' and actors' strikes that paralyzed Hollywood in 2023.
From Barron's
The day will need him at his gobsmacking best; poking and prodding, controlling and surprising, putting men into gaps and sticking points on the board.
From BBC
Another sticking point in the talks is the status of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
From BBC
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