roadblock
hambatan
definition
noun
That meant having to hide the cameras to capture footage of the police and military roadblocks that are a common sight across Mexico.
a barrier or barricade on a road, especially one set up by the authorities to stop and examine traffic.
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Of course, there's one big 'roadblock' with this release: It's saddled with a remixing/remastering treatment that sands down some of the original's edges.
It is after this strong three song opening salvo that the album should run into a 'roadblock' .
the biggest 'roadblock' to solar power is its price tag
They explained to the cabbie, who at one point talked us through a 'roadblock' , that I was looking for an American and the American wasn't at home.
Policeman can lose sight of you as you drive through their 'roadblock' , and criminals on foot don't actually come looking for you as a rule.
In fact, his lyricism is at once his greatest strength and greatest 'roadblock' to growth.
the tax has become a 'roadblock' against investment incentives
the biggest 'roadblock' to solar power is its price tag
In light of these video issues, the burnt-in subtitles may seem minor, but it was another 'roadblock' to enjoyment of the film.
It puts up a 'roadblock' to the ultimate solution.
Technological advances aren't the only challenges facing those in transportation: Rising gas and oil prices put up a formidable 'roadblock' , too.
The mixture of fear and exhilaration he feels when passing through a police 'roadblock' isn't logical, but it is completely understandable.
There is a 'roadblock' somewhere further ahead and the convoy stalls for the night.
A few years ago, I was hitting a 'roadblock' in my personal work.
Setting himself up as a 'roadblock' , Don Quijote demands that they identify and explain themselves.
Our car slows down for traffic, and Daddy says, ‘It's a 'roadblock' , see the cops way up there?’
the greatest 'roadblock' to peace
Later, after Hass exposed the situation in an article for the paper, the army returns the 'roadblock' to its original location.
From a hilltop in a silent residential quarter, the vigil filed down to the junction where the main road reopens - but only as far as the 'roadblock' five hundred yards away.
Greece's attempts to get the British government to return the Elgin Marbles have met another 'roadblock' , this time from within.
At the same time, Du Bois's and Washington's own notions of elitism within ‘the race’ suggest a less obvious yet equally formidable 'roadblock' .
That meant having to hide the cameras to capture footage of the police and military 'roadblocks' that are a common sight across Mexico.
Rather, he cautions young musicians to beware of the dangers of political 'roadblocks' in building a career.
Not every writer has mastered the craft well enough to navigate around the 'roadblocks' , and that's the reason why god created editors.
The Guide explains the most common 'roadblocks' to such institutional use of local food and how to get around them.
Rather than enhancements, these are 'roadblocks' to communication and empathy.
For months she struggled with computers and photography - ‘technological addictions’ she calls them - physical demons and creative 'roadblocks' in order to find her film's voice.
Can't the world conspire to ambush you, putting up dead ends and 'roadblocks' where once there were wide-open personal spaces?
Stone ran into considerable 'roadblocks' when making the film.
The traditional teachers in the school lash out at her modern ways, gangs roam the streets, and 'roadblocks' prevent travel outside of the area.
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