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obstacle

[ob-stuh-kuhl] / ΛˆΙ’b stΙ™ kΙ™l /


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One major obstacle remains: delivering personalized gait retraining outside a specialized research laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Within an hour, Sramek warned of an obstacle: county government red tape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

A small group of people huddled around the tribute in Sol on Thursday, some visibly moved, while tourists tried to navigate an obstacle course of tents and candles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The lack of movement in the labor market is another obstacle for those looking for work.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

When the clock strikes twelve, we go through what feels like an obstacle course of traditions: first everyone eats twelve grapes and drinks a cup of homemade cider.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

"If you only build data-centre capacity, you have not done much," Renda told AFP, calling for "political leadership" to help "identify the roadblocks, the obstacles and the enablers of this transformation".

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

It’s these obstacles that make Eisenberg’s film feel all the more realistic, accurately representing how much work it takes to find oneself, an arduous process that must be experienced over and over in different ways.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

The obstacles are not to do with the condition of the clothing.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Developers seeking to build transmission in the Western U.S. are especially familiar with these obstacles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

I do not know the name of the village that we were in and didn’t bother to ask, since I was busy trying to survive the everyday obstacles.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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