impediment

But remember, despair isn’t activism—it’s just another impediment to progress.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

“That makes sense, and there’s no legal impediment to doing that.”

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

"Human consent is not an impediment to progress. Human consent does not diminish the struggles and the joys of technological innovation or inhuman creativity," Blanchett said at the event in the parliament's library.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

“ULA has been an impediment to the Palisades recovery, leaving properties sitting empty and people mired in tax and regulatory hell,” City Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Pacific Palisades, told colleagues before the vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

But in prison no privilege comes without some accompanying impediment.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Another American official said the U.S. would lift its blockade on Iranian ports if Tehran opened the strait without impediments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Once the MoU is signed, the US will begin removing its naval blockade and "any disturbances or impediments" that have been placed on Iranian ports, the fourth point says.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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

Wiener said his bill would rectify those impediments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

We are now on less certain ground; there may, for example, be impediments in the evolution of the genetic code, although I think this unlikely over billions of years of primeval chemistry.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan