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Example sentences for: impediment

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Although highly unlikely, it's possible, we suppose, that all these distinguished publications repeatedly misheard the same individual in the same way, although he has no speech impediment that we know of.
One impediment was that the respective DOJ components could not agree on all the proposed reforms.
The Italian papers, which see Turkey's human rights record as a serious impediment to its ambition to join the European Union, reacted with outrage Friday to a photograph issued by the Turkish government showing Ocalan blindfolded and manacled in front of the Turkish flag.
She hits her slight speech impediment harder than usual and further relaxes her already shlumpy posture.
Of the three commercial anchors, Peter Jennings is Canadian, and has that randy gaze that makes men hide their wives; Tom Brokaw looks too boyish, and has a speech impediment; and Dan Rather is famously nuts.