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obstacle

[ob-stuh-kuhl] / ΛˆΙ’b stΙ™ kΙ™l /


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A major obstacle to enterprise AI adoption, according to those reports, isn’t technology capability, but the sheer velocity of organizational change hitting employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Chun said the city focused on getting the infrastructure for the project right “just to make sure that the city wasn’t going to be the obstacle or have any delays.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Sixteen years after that triumph, the club that gave him his greatest European night is now the first obstacle in his attempt to create another one.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Another obstacle is that upgrading an older data center to newer, less thirsty technology is expensive.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

My dad showed people his ticket, and we eventually made our way to the gate, weaving our way through the obstacle course of people lying on the floor.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Deluard recommended shorting the euro because it faces similar obstacles to the yen in the 2010s, which, he said, can likely only be fixed by a “massive depreciation.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

We discuss several obstacles to a merger, how many agents might leave in the event, how many would need to be severed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The three brothers zigzagged across Zambia, navigating a landscape increasingly shaped by people and avoiding obstacles including major cities.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

In your world, you don’t want obstacles, but in my world, I need those obstacles to get a higher vantage point, to see a deeper purpose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

I find them inspiring for lots of reasons: the intensity of work, intellect, and emotion they bring to the stage; the obstacles they overcome; the love they show one another.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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