impediments

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UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said at the weekend that assistance for the territory's 2.1 million population "must be scaled up by removing impediments and safeguarding neutrality of aid".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“At least the impediments that kept us from retaining recruits, to get them in the academy, that has changed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The EPA also removed "all federal impediments to selling E10," gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol, Zeldin said.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The rules did draw backlash from some local startups, which called the rules vague or warned the fresh impediments could stymie innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Attaining adulthood was all about the eager acceptance of such impediments.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan