barrier
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It would break the 10000 point barrier less than two years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
To investigate further, researchers focused on glucosamine because it is a naturally occurring sugar-related molecule that can cross the blood-brain barrier.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Now Kane's stellar form and fitness suggest the time might be right for England and their talisman to overcome the barrier that has brought 60 years of pain.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The drug industry has been trying for years to develop tricks to shuttle the drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease through the body’s protective brain-blood barrier, which blocks 99% of a dose from reaching the brain.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The squatters considered the Muscogee Nation to be the main barrier to their permanent settlement in the region, particularly Georgia.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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