obstacle

Example Sentences

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"Northern Ireland are the first obstacle, and they are a team that deserves our respect."

From BBC

Turn right, as the map tells you to do, and you’ll encounter decaying sidewalks, with cracked and buckled concrete that turns a modest uphill walk into an obstacle course.

From Los Angeles Times

“If the son hadn’t paid for two months, I’d have called and had a talk about what the obstacles are here. ‘Why can’t we pay this?

From MarketWatch

Big picture: The U.S. economy has actually grown at an above-average pace over the past year, despite a series of obstacles — the war in Iran being the latest one.

From MarketWatch

One of the biggest obstacles for oral insulin has been the need for extremely high doses, sometimes more than ten times higher than injections.

From Science Daily