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obstacle

[ob-stuh-kuhl] / ΛˆΙ’b stΙ™ kΙ™l /


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"Therapeutic resistance is a main obstacle to achieve effective and durable cancer treatments," said corresponding author Dr. Weei-Chin Lin, professor of medicine - hematology and oncology and of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

After years of body blows from COVID, fires and more, this obstacle was especially frustrating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

Not that they needed the evidence themselves, Emery and his squad always have that faith and the internal desire to progress no matter the obstacle.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

That was not the obstacle that she had begged for so much.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Having too much money isn’t a problem for anyone reading this, but there are other obstacles to making Buffett-like returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Despite the encouraging findings, the researchers stress that several obstacles must still be addressed before the therapy could be tested widely in people.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

He frequently encounters locked doors, obstacles and empty spaces that he has to explore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

In his resignation, Kristersson said the opposition faced "complicated" conditions for forming the next government, "because the parties' various statements before election day could pose obstacles".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Negative liberty,” he said, “is the freedom from external obstacles or constraints. An individual is free in this sense if they are not physically prevented from taking action.”

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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