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Recent Examples of roadblock
Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
There was no information about the attackers but Israeli troops were setting up roadblocks around the Palestinian town of Halhul, around 6 miles from the supermarket.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
Police did not release information about the attackers, but the Israeli military said forces are setting up roadblocks around the Palestinian town of Halhul, around 6 miles from the supermarket.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
By late afternoon, there were about 15 family members of Ramos’ three missing sons waiting outside the roadblocks that remained for a second full day.
—Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
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Noun
Lidia routinely confronts societal prejudices and institutional roadblocks, including ones that force her to work under the supervision of her lawyer brother after the courts bar her from practicing solo.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
There was no information about the attackers but Israeli troops were setting up roadblocks around the Palestinian town of Halhul, around 6 miles from the supermarket.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
Police did not release information about the attackers, but the Israeli military said forces are setting up roadblocks around the Palestinian town of Halhul, around 6 miles from the supermarket.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
By late afternoon, there were about 15 family members of Ramos’ three missing sons waiting outside the roadblocks that remained for a second full day.
—Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblock
Noun
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The branches of the military, which maintain their own communication networks, have their own obstacles.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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For Superman, that means preventing any of the negatives that do initially arise from becoming obstacles or bandwagon narratives in the press.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Verb
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Minneapolis Police Officer Ben Bauer: On September 6, 2024, Officer Ben Bauer responded to an active shooter incident in a South Minneapolis apartment building where an armed suspect with an AK-47-style rifle had barricaded himself and was firing at residents.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
16 June 2025
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Officers were able to safely remove multiple juveniles from the residence while the man, who was allegedly armed, barricaded himself in a bedroom.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Operating the scanner on the dharanis presented a hurdle, however.—
Andrew Paul Jul 24,
Popular Science,
24 July 2025
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One reason for the unexpectedly slow pace is that the Chinese companies have not cleared a key engineering hurdle.—
Selam Gebrekidan,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
Verb
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No rain should delay either the sprint race or qualifying, but race day is a different story.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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This time, with a defender close to the Derby man, Trafford delayed coming out.—
Matt Pyzdrowski,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
Noun
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For government entities, a major impediment to assessing both financial health and transparency is that the data is frequently delayed for periods much longer than that found in the private sector.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
19 July 2025
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Unlike the past, where security used to be an impediment to adoption, today security might become one of the biggest accelerants to adoption.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Verb
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While the pipeline had obtained an agreement with the leadership of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation elected under Canadian law, members of the community who recognize only hereditary leaders opposed having the pipeline on their land and blockaded a construction road in 2021.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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More so, after Tehran’s seemingly unlikely threats to blockade the Strait of Hormuz have not been followed through even partially.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Center Frank Ragnow’s retirement and the low pass rush points could be a hindrance.—
KC Joyner,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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However, there remains one hindrance to his potential Cadillac signing.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
Verb
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The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a limited-but-similar measure in its version of the bill to block renaming of bases in Virginia.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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The restoration of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, designation comes after a New York federal judge earlier this month blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to shave six months off of the protections, which are usually for 18 months.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
19 July 2025
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“Roadblock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblock. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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