as in obstacle
something that makes movement or progress difficult
the only stumbling block to our move across the country was finding someone to adopt our cats
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Many suspect that some traditional, older voters may not chime with the film’s more riotous, anti-establishment tones, while the band’s outspoken views — which no experienced Hollywood publicist has a hope of quietening — could prove a stumbling block.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Top authors suing OpenAI over the use of their novels to train its artificial intelligence chatbot have hit a stumbling block, with a federal judge narrowing the scope of their case.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
The stumbling block, which the law does not address, is getting drug companies to release doses of medicines that are still being tested and may be in short supply.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2024
Housing is a stumbling block Housing is the one major impediment keeping inflation elevated above the Fed’s target right now — on paper, at least, economists said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Top authors suing OpenAI over the use of their novels to train its artificial intelligence chatbot have hit a stumbling block, with a federal judge narrowing the scope of their case.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
The stumbling block, which the law does not address, is getting drug companies to release doses of medicines that are still being tested and may be in short supply.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2024
Housing is a stumbling block Housing is the one major impediment keeping inflation elevated above the Fed’s target right now — on paper, at least, economists said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
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