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Example sentences for: impediment

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Clinton also indirectly endorsed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, calling him "an impediment to the well-being of his people and a threat to the peace of the region and the security of the world."
She hits her slight speech impediment harder than usual and further relaxes her already shlumpy posture.
An impediment to future studies of airborne transmission of respiratory infections is the lack of established methods for the detection of airborne respiratory microorganisms appropriate for epidemiological studies.
Based on our observations of apparel suppliers, coming up with the money for new technologies and practices seems to be less of an impediment than altering basic management conceptions about using these technologies for planning and production.
There follows a rapid winding up of the filament into a double-strand helix by a process of supercoiling that is triggered by the impediment of the twisting motions that accompany cell growth [ 2 ] . The cells in double-strand helical structures also twist as they grow.