obstacle
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When public utilities indefinitely cut power to the Portuguese Bend community in Rancho Palos Verdes last year following months of devastating landslide movement, most residents saw it as the neighborhood’s latest obstacle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
These findings highlight that disease was not just an obstacle for early humans but a key force shaping the course of human evolution.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
The move cleared the last significant obstacle to installing President Trump’s pick to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
On Friday, a key obstacle on that road was removed when the US Justice Department said it was dropping -- for now -- the criminal probe into Powell over the renovation project's cost overruns.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
We were able to make persuasive arguments about the differences between children and adults, but that wasn't the only obstacle to relief.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing obstacle
Michelle Obama's final address as First Lady (2017)
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