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Example sentences for: roadblock

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Mayor Streeter was sensitive to our needs but cited the spending cap as the roadblock to providing us with sufficient funding.
Yes, Russell Long, the son of Huey Long, the flamboyant populist governor of Louisiana immortalized in All the King's Men . In the 1970s, Russell Long was anathema to most liberals, who viewed him as the major roadblock in the way of a more generous welfare state.
I arrived about 2 p.m. and roosted for a while by the police roadblock at the entrance to the Davis Mountain Resort subdivision.
The velvet-clad pranksters were caught by a roadblock and given a warning by police.
The growth that has characterized Las Vegas for nearly a century may be facing a roadblock.