Roadblock

Definitions

1. Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
2. An obstacle or impediment.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“to hit roadblocks”

“Transgender people face⟳ roadblocks in accessing healthcare, and it’s not going away even after archaic rules denying healthcare access to transgender people are lifted and more of us become⟳ insured.”

“America’s jobs recovery hit a major roadblock in August as the Delta variant threatened the labor market recovery, and the US economy added far fewer jobs than expected.”

“Over the past decade, the products hit roadblocks. Siri ran into technological hurdles, including clunky code that took weeks to update⟳ with basic features, said John Burkey, a former Apple engineer who worked on the assistant.”

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