roadblock
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The housing supply has improved, but rising mortgage rates are now a roadblock for prospective buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The fact he’s faster and stronger makes him a scary roadblock for quarterbacks and running backs who will face the Cougars this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the biggest races in the sport, such as three-week Grand Tour the Tour de France, some stages take place on fully closed roads, but many World Tour events use a 'rolling roadblock'.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
That’s because playing on the same defensive line might clear the biggest roadblock that they have faced stopping them from putting up even gaudier numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
We came to a fence that faced a main street on which there was a roadblock.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
“It’s absolutely incredible what it can do to reduce the limitations and the roadblocks and the chokepoints in everything from manufacturing supply chains, etc.,” says Lacalle.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Police have imposed a lockdown in Kempton Park in the Ekurhuleni municipality and officers mounted roadblocks after three of the bodies were found this week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
While society can put up all the Luddite roadblocks it wants, technology always finds its way around opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Agents who tried to investigate Omar al-Bayoumi encountered other roadblocks.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
To avoid police roadblocks, I entered Soweto through Kliptown, which was normally not patrolled.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
