roadblock

Example Sentences

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Travel ball begins in June, and that’s the big roadblock for softball, with many coaches and players participating.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Rwandan soldiers stopped them at the next roadblock.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Justice Department on Friday said it would end its probe into Powell, clearing a major roadblock to Warsh’s confirmation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 26, 2026

The need to directly overrule the unit, they said, made it a roadblock — one that no longer exists.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

There are no more magazines, no more films, no more substitutes; only me and my shadow, walking away from the two men, who stand at attention, stiffly, by a roadblock, watching our retreating shapes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood