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barrier

[bar-ee-er] / ˈbær i ər /




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If every risk leads us to add another checkpoint, fence or barrier, we may gain a sense of control but lose the ability to create the kind of public togetherness that forms a bonded city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"But someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Zach Meyers of CERRE, a Brussels-based think tank, echoed some of Rombach's concerns, saying the "biggest barrier" to AI growth and innovation in Europe was access to capital.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Glucosamine is a naturally occurring, sugar-related molecule that can cross the blood-brain barrier, the protective boundary that tightly controls which substances can move from the bloodstream into brain tissue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Surely they’d broken the sound barrier but were moving too fast to notice.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

“LACCD students include recent high school graduates, working adults, immigrants, parents, first-generation college students and people returning to school for new skills. Their barriers are different, so our solutions must be flexible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

However, at grassroots level it is a different story, with barriers including cost and childcare, even for former Lionesses.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The answer should be risk-based policies that protect consumer safety and energy system reliability without one-size-fits-all prescriptions that become barriers to innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Heading into talks early Wednesday, Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski urged for a lowering of trade barriers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Thus, geographic connectedness and only modest internal barriers gave China an initial advantage.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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