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
He’s 6 feet 1, which some consider a roadblock to playing at the highest level, but it’s Fields’ intangibles that separate him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
She feared they would encounter a roadblock at any point and have to turn back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But there’s no constitutional roadblock to anti-vote-betting laws, and they can serve some salutary purposes.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
When the mountain first began erupting on March 27, three county deputies were sent to staff a roadblock at the line between Skamania and Cowlitz counties, just west of the mountain.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Demonstrations over worsening living conditions escalated into a revolt, marked by roadblocks that cut off major cities and calls for the president's resignation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Herry Kabut, editor-in-chief of local publication Floresa Media, told the BBC that "each resident has set up their own evacuation post" amid blackouts, landslides and roadblocks.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Later on, the “Make No Sense” singer hinted at some other legal roadblocks ahead in his transition across the globe: “It can’t be my home until they give me my visa, right?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Call them curmudgeonly roadblocks to progress, or the last beacons of sanity on the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The other three lead into Virginia, with its many roadblocks and Union soldiers.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
