impassable

Example Sentences

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Amazon plans 200 rural hubs covering 13,000 ZIP Codes across 1.2 million square miles, facing challenges like impassable roads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

It’s tucked in an old-growth redwood tree in the backcountry of the park, in Humboldt County, where there are no roads and a creek presents an impassable barrier, Williams-Claussen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Rubaya sits on steep hillsides carved by deep ravines with dirt roads, often impassable during the rainy season, winding between unstable slopes.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

She likens it to watching a burglar pile up your prized possessions on the other side of an impassable chasm.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

The hospital remains two hours away, and the road is impassable for much of the winter.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson