impassable
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All year, food supplies have dwindled as mines and drones made the road increasingly impassable, cutting contact between Oleshky and the outside world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
In some of the latest developments, Saudi Arabia closed its East-West pipeline — which had been used to bypass the largely impassable Strait of Hormuz — after drone attacks on the facility.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The recall followed severe weather in San Antonio, during which a Waymo entered a flooded and impassable road, the company said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Oleshky is imprisoned by both geography and war; cut off by a river and wrecked bridges to the north – and dangerous or impassable roads inland.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Despite the wide stretch of sea in front of them, she felt like she was standing at an impassable barrier.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing impassable
The Alchemist
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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