barrier
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Lily, 73, is a Protestant and Michelle, 46, is a Catholic, and the two have had to overcome a psychological as well as a physical barrier to form their friendship.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
“We broke the barrier of fear,” Mr. Netanyahu said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
That tiny separation can significantly reduce performance and create a fundamental barrier to further miniaturization.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
In the era of agentic AI, the barrier to entry used to be the “how” — the ability to write code or navigate complex software.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
And the bombardment also failed to flatten the Germans’ barbed-wire entanglements, merely tossing the barbed wire around and creating even more of a barrier than before.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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