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  • noun Plural form of roadblock.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roadblock.

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Examples

  • One of the biggest roadblocks is the 1933 Securities Act that was designed to protect "widows and orphans" from crooked securities dealers during the era's financial depression.

    Billy Parish: Community Solar Pioneers Billy Parish 2010

  • One of the biggest roadblocks is the 1933 Securities Act that was designed to protect "widows and orphans" from crooked securities dealers during the era's financial depression.

    Billy Parish: Community Solar Pioneers Billy Parish 2010

  • I guess the trick with any of these roadblocks is to try to listen to your gut about these sorts of things and not the gnats buzzing in your ear.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Poisonous Playmates 2008

  • What I am afraid of, and has already happened to a point at airports and police roadblocks, is israel style gun carrying police state that fosters violence.

    Latest News Media Claim: U.S. 2007

  • The global institutions we rely on to deal with a problem like climate change seem unable to look past short-term roadblocks and regional interests.

    It’s Time to Cool the Planet 2009

  • Even with Doha, bottlenecks at ports would throw up short - to medium-term roadblocks to economic development.

    Elephant In the Room Greg Rushford 2007

  • So Obama made his choice, the liberal communicators assured us that the roadblocks were all political but that we were getting this great politically viable deal, and now they are saying, oh, probably we are looking at a Republican sweep.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Death of the Public Option 2010

  • One of the roadblocks is a 2006 law requiring USPS to pay between $4 billion and $6 billion annually to pre-fund retiree health benefits.

    Is the Postal Service owed $50B or $75B? 2010

  • Brig Matanzima said the roadblocks were a precautionary measure "to make sure no bad elements try to take advantage of the situation".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • Entrepreneurs in the developing world find ways around the roadblocks, which is the only things SOPA would be.

    Forbes.com: News Elmira Bayrasli 2012

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