How to Use obstacle in a Sentence
obstacle
noun
- She swerved to avoid an obstacle in the road.
- He overcame the obstacles of poverty and neglect.
- They must overcome a number of obstacles before the restaurant can be opened.
- Lack of experience is a major obstacle for her opponent.
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But over in the kitchen, the chef runs into some obstacles.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Peoplemag,
24 Oct. 2023
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In his telling, this was the biggest obstacle the thieves faced.
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Christopher F. Schuetze,
New York Times,
16 May 2023
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One of those obstacles is, as the title suggests, a curse.
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Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
10 Nov. 2023
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And one of the best ways to serve them is to remove obstacles to performance.
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Ron Alvesteffer,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2024
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The new train – the first nonstop service on the route – has had to overcome some hefty obstacles.
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Caolán Magee,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2023
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Some of the obstacles seem to emerge from the most conventional rom-com tropes.
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Esther Zuckerman,
New York Times,
26 Nov. 2023
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Despite the obstacles, Works remained on the dean’s list all four years.
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Adria Watson,
BostonGlobe.com,
31 May 2023
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The book guides women on ways to get around workplace obstacles on the way to getting ahead.
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Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
7 Dec. 2023
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There are no obstacles to work around except for the slopes of the natural bent grass course.
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Tanya Wildt,
Detroit Free Press,
18 May 2024
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The script’s conflicts and obstacles get their tidy share of the available 90 minutes.
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Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Sep. 2024
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Here are some of the obstacles that stand in the way: High-tech research overshadows old-school field work.
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Caroline Chen,
ProPublica,
23 May 2023
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The Cowboys have a chance to win their first road playoff game since the 1992 season, but a major obstacle is in the way.
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Dallas News,
16 Jan. 2023
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Not that Steichen’s dwelling on any of those obstacles.
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The Indianapolis Star,
4 Jan. 2024
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But a major obstacle is how to deliver the molecule to the place in the body that needs to be treated.
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Emily Mullin,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2024
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The shape of my apartment is unique, so finding places to plug in my old model was an obstacle.
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Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
27 Oct. 2024
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In such a case, the filibuster would be the only obstacle in the way of single-party rule.
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L. Roger Hutson,
The Denver Post,
4 Oct. 2024
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These parts help limit the bumps that reach your body and keep your rear tire in contact with the trail across all sorts of terrain and obstacles.
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John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
18 July 2024
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The cost is one of the major obstacles to hiring doulas for communities that lack the means.
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Justin Wm. Moyer,
Washington Post,
14 May 2023
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The drones will have cameras and sensors to keep them from flying in to trees or other obstacles.
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Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Feb. 2024
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But he’s known all along that there would be hiccups, obstacles, steps to overcome.
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Indystar Sports,
The Indianapolis Star,
13 June 2023
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Polley described Mariche as an obstacle to progress for much of the story.
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Jordan Kisner,
New York Times,
1 Dec. 2022
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The final obstacle is a Gator group that has allowed just 8.7 points per game in the tournament.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Dec. 2022
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One of the biggest obstacles to follow-up is when people try to shop out of their own pocket.
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Yec,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2024
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Even in some of the best-case scenarios, obstacles to a strong, enforceable rule lie ahead.
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Sam Delgado,
Vox,
22 June 2024
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There are two main obstacles Peltola will have to overcome.
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Tal Axelrod,
ABC News,
4 Nov. 2024
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More recently, Rowling herself has become an obstacle to the future of the franchise because of the author’s anti-trans public statements.
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Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2024
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