barrier
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Increasingly, this debate has spread to the U.K., where traditionally class, not race, has proved the main barrier to social mobility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
After England dismissed Pakistan for 171 and then moved to 112-2 by the end of the opening day, it seemed likely that their biggest barrier to significant progress on Thursday would be the weather.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Edison explained structure brushing in an article last year, describing how it cleared all vegetation around certain equipment, creating a 10-foot barrier to reduce the fire risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The danger isn’t insurmountable, but it’s just another barrier for the Federal Reserve as it tries to restore low U.S. inflation for the first time in nearly six years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Surely they’d broken the sound barrier but were moving too fast to notice.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
While European companies are investing heavily in AI, barriers in the eurozone are hindering them from scaling up their operations, she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Forest Service, said this week that repealing the rule would give local agencies more authority over land management issues and help reduce barriers to wildfire risk reduction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
CBP is building a new access road at Big Bend, improving existing roads, installing detection technology and placing vehicle barriers in strategic locations, Scott said last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Shelter said it wanted him to use October's Budget to "kickstart the council house revolution he promised" by removing financial barriers that prevent councils from building more social rent homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Working his way hurriedly through the alleys, circles, roundabouts, and barriers, he found himself trapped in a dead end, deadlocked and defeated.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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