barrier
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Leslie added that not having a healthy, balanced diet or going without food will be a "barrier to learning".
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The barrier to entry is collapsing, and whoever wants to click, will.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The activists made it on to the site by scaling barrier fences despite a police presence.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
The project also includes replacing the bridge railings, fences and median barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
In the blink of an eye, the top part of each wall was coated with a stainless steel barrier.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
This damaged the front of his car - where the diamond was - and led to a slow collision with the barriers at the famous Loews hairpin.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
However, on Nov. 3, Mississippi voters showed up and showed out in numbers that are proving to be insurmountable, in spite of all the barriers they face.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Customs and Border Protection said it does not plan to build a border wall in the Big Bend National Park, with its steep canyons, but said new patrol roads and vehicle barriers would be added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
In lifting Cardone’s injunction, the high court noted that a 1996 immigration law gives DHS the power to “waive” legal requirements in order to efficiently build barriers at the border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
There were also great differences in the completeness with which suites of crops and livestock spread, again implying stronger or weaker barriers to their spreading.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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