impediment
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This is, by far, the main structural impediment to success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“That makes sense, and there’s no legal impediment to doing that.”
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Human consent is not an impediment to progress. Human consent does not diminish the struggles and the joys of technological innovation or inhuman creativity," Blanchett said at the event in the parliament's library.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
"Institutional disaggregation" is an impediment to solving this, says Dawda.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
The other major impediment, equally daunting as the compensation problem at first glance, even more so upon reflection, was the relocation of the freed slaves.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
As much as you might want to stay in your home, new impediments can arise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Once the MoU is signed, the US will begin removing its naval blockade and "any disturbances or impediments" that have been placed on Iranian ports, the fourth point says.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The EPA also removed "all federal impediments to selling E10," gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol, Zeldin said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Relaxing some of those impediments for trusted partners like South Korea or Japan was part of a House bill proposed in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Attaining adulthood was all about the eager acceptance of such impediments.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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