stumbling block

Example Sentences

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There is another potential stumbling block for the bill.

From BBC

The stumbling block, says the author Bedell Smith, is that Harry doesn’t seem inclined to apologize.

From The Wall Street Journal

A nuclear-power startup said it has found a workaround for the industry’s twin stumbling blocks: the expense and time it takes to build reactors.

From The Wall Street Journal

The stumbling block had been over products like beef and lamb.

From Barron's

The failure of the Saudi Arabia-financed LIV Golf to secure world ranking points for its events has been a stumbling block since the upstart circuit launched in 2022.

From Barron's