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Recent Examples of roadblock
The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency nominee Lee Zeldin faced some tougher questioning about their views on climate change, but are also unlikely to face major roadblocks.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Several people living with HIV told NBC News they have been turned away from military service or have faced roadblocks to enlistment, despite a federal judge’s ruling in August that found prohibiting healthy HIV-positive recruits is unconstitutional.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Use that discussion to identify roadblocks, adjust strategies, and rebuild commitment to the goal.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Through years of negotiations with Uber and its top rival, Lyft, lawmakers created a thicket of regulations in Washington and cities around the world — ones that new competitors now view as roadblocks that should be torn down.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency nominee Lee Zeldin faced some tougher questioning about their views on climate change, but are also unlikely to face major roadblocks.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Several people living with HIV told NBC News they have been turned away from military service or have faced roadblocks to enlistment, despite a federal judge’s ruling in August that found prohibiting healthy HIV-positive recruits is unconstitutional.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Use that discussion to identify roadblocks, adjust strategies, and rebuild commitment to the goal.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblock
Noun
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There is a path to preventing such a wrong turn, even if the path is strewn with obstacles and is uphill all the way.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Their change of heart reflects the inconvenient practical obstacles to suddenly cutting off access to a popular platform.—
Johanna Costigan,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Police later determined Upshur had barricaded himself inside the second floor of the residence.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Yoon remains confined to his official residence in Seoul, where the presidential security service has reinforced the area with barbed wire and rows of vehicles barricading surrounding roads.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Aspiring farmers have to navigate around numerous hurdles, including: Environmental reviews Vessel traffic studies Overlapping jurisdictions between state and federal agencies This makes even small-scale operations financially daunting to launch.—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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But Noe said the biggest hurdle local farmers face when trying to expand their operations is the pressure from development spreading across the historic agricultural lands in South Miami-Dade.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Hours after taking office, Trump signed multiple executive orders, including one action delaying a nationwide ban of the social media platform TikTok.—
Alex Thomas,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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But Hollywood casting directors nabbed Jackman first, delaying his New York City stage debut.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Trump Freezes Cash for Charging Network One major impediment to EV adoption is the availability of chargers, so a 2021 infrastructure bill signed by Biden allocated $5 billion over five years for a nationwide EV charging network.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
21 Jan. 2025
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Another impediment to a strong, vibrant economy is excessive government regulation.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Trump and many of his advisers are more hawkish on China than on Russia, but that does not mean Trump would risk direct conflict with China if Chinese forces blockaded Taiwan.—
Robin Niblett,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Jan. 2025
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China practiced blockading Taiwan just last month by surrounding the island, which could, if executed in earnest, stop imports or exports from the country.—
Kate Irwin,
PCMAG,
6 Nov. 2024
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Giving communities the ability to build more housing with alternatives to groundwater, which has been a hindrance for fast-growing areas like Buckeye and Queen Creek.—
Jeremy Duda,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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Without sanctions relief, poverty and hindrances to aid delivery will worsen in Syria because the new government is controlled by a group with a terrorist designation.—
Delaney Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Jan. 2025
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Republicans successfully slipped in an amendment to the 2025 defense bill that blocks gender-affirming care for transgender children of the military, legislation that Biden signed into law, although many Democrats objected to the provision.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Most disorienting of all might have been the painful memories conjured by the setting for the ceremony itself, inside the Capitol where, four years and two weeks ago, a violent insurrection of Trump supporters sought to block certification of Biden’s victory.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Roadblock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblock. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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