roadblock

Example Sentences

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Maybe the tour wouldn't have been such a roadblock to her creativity, after all?

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

This time, the probe hit an internal roadblock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

There is no roadblock moderating access to the estate, nor any officials checking if the people outside are press, or anything else for that matter.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

As Europe seeks to curb its dependence on China for rare earths, plans to mine the continent's biggest deposit have hit a roadblock over fears that mining operations could harm endangered beetles, mosses and mushrooms.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

They get only seven miles before coming to a dead halt at a Union roadblock outside Jetersville.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly