roadblock
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In the biggest races in the sport, such as three-week Grand Tour the Tour de France, some stages take place on fully closed roads, but many World Tour events use a 'rolling roadblock'.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’s 6 feet 1, which some consider a roadblock to playing at the highest level, but it’s Fields’ intangibles that separate him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
She feared they would encounter a roadblock at any point and have to turn back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But there’s no constitutional roadblock to anti-vote-betting laws, and they can serve some salutary purposes.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
A dark-green pickup truck pulled up to the roadblock on the town side of the bridge, and a lean man in a green uniform got out.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
During the primary, all major candidates agreed on the need to reduce roadblocks to homebuilding and permitting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
AFP visited Pozos de Gamboa and observed that on the road here from the state capital, also called Zacatecas, there were no roadblocks and just a few police patrol cars out and about.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
The internet was supposed to bring us together, and, paradoxically, it created these roadblocks and divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
When makeshift roadblocks appeared, Minneapolis urged residents to stop erecting them, citing the need for emergency access, fire response, and roadways open for all.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
We’re only down in the aqueduct for half an hour before we emerge and follow a foothill road far enough from civilization to be beyond most roadblocks.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
