impassable
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The Ballyrobin Road in County Antrim is currently impassable after the junction with the Seven Mile Straight, which may affect journeys to Belfast International Airport.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The road is impassable for cars, but can still be traversed—at great risk—by foot or bicycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
In some of the latest developments, Saudi Arabia closed its East-West pipeline — which had been used to bypass the largely impassable Strait of Hormuz — after drone attacks on the facility.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Places such as Sandberg’s Summit Hotel and the Lebec Hotel were oases for food and drink and sleep when wind and ice made the road impassable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
A greater obstacle, as impassable as it was unforeseen, obliged a new and indefinite postponement.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Alchemist
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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