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obstacle

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The primary obstacle that families are facing is getting a steady internet connection and enough screens for everyone to use.

While not impossible to overcome, those odds are actually more daunting than any of the obstacles last season’s team conquered along its path to the championship.

If any political or business leader has any plans to recover, this is going to be an obstacle.

My optimism includes believing Americans will overcome every obstacle the Republicans are putting in our way to keep us from voting.

That continues to be the biggest sign of Quibi’s failing and the biggest obstacle to officially labeling it a failure.

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Each one seems a mile high, and the entire flight an insurmountable obstacle.

And though Republicans are racking up minority leaders at the national level, it continues to face a fundamental obstacle.

In fact, she says the sexism she faced was far more of an obstacle than her autism in the workplace.

If there is no obstacle, they would enjoy the ease that is shown to everyone else.

“After you imagine the obstacle, you can figure out what you can do to overcome it and make a plan,” explains Oettingen.

There was only one obstacle to his walking quietly and comfortably away, which was that the door was locked and the key gone.

This great obstacle being removed, he wisely determined to make the most of his good fortune.

Hitherto we have been hampered at every turn by the supposed obstacle of immutable economic laws.

To endeavor to cut through such an obstacle would undoubtedly have brought about a disaster.

Every possible obstacle was therefore thrown in his way by those who, from motives of jealousy, wished to get rid of him.

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On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obstacle, such as: barrier, difficulty, disincentive, hardship, hindrance, and hitch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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