barrier
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Tiffany Feder, Dahan’s attorney, told reporters after the hearing that voter forms were mailed to Dahan’s home, and were confusing given her language barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Greenpeace has dropped nine boulders off the east coast of England to create a barrier that disrupts bottom trawling by fishing vessels.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
But Nike had since fallen behind competitors like Adidas, whose runners wore an ultralight offering to shatter the two-hour marathon barrier in London last April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
This creates a brief opportunity for nanoparticles carrying the microRNAs to pass through the barrier and enter the brain, where they can act on genes involved in tumor growth.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
The evolving Indigenous alliance posed a serious barrier to the United States’ expansion.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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And the policy is connected to the important state interests of protecting children from discriminatory barriers to publicly funded preschool education.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Singapore enacted a Transboundary Haze Pollution Act in 2014, but enforcement has been stymied by jurisdictional barriers and challenges obtaining evidence from overseas.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
In many states, ABA companies face little oversight and there are few barriers for entry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
He and business partner Brenton Reger are designing new barriers, bracing for the brunt of El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
And we all stood there, looking at one another, keeping up these little barriers between us.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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