obstacle
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And in the spring of 2021, the obstacle standing between him and the cheese he’d been close enough to sniff—the Lombardi Trophy—was a quarterback named Jared Goff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Fishing was the biggest obstacle then, and remains a dealbreaker today.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
A major obstacle, however, has been producing these signals with the precision and stability required for advanced applications.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Last week, California’s Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved the merger, lifting the final obstacle in Charter’s path to close the deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
It appeared, then, that her father would throw no obstacle in the way of Rosamond’s union with St. John.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The Triple Concerto, for instance, is full of obstacles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Researchers at Stanford Medicine and collaborating institutions have now developed a strategy aimed at overcoming those obstacles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Whether we planned for them or not, the road is filled with obstacles, detours and dead ends.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The egg belongs to parents French and Frank, with staff at the zoo saying the chick has already overcome several obstacles to survive - including the heat.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It declares that we are trapped in a world not of our making, while insisting that the obstacles to our remaking the world are indeed all of our own making.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Michelle Obama's final address as First Lady (2017)
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