Sentence examples for despite roadblocks from inspiring English sources

Large numbers of people drove to the Ressalat neighborhood tonight, causing traffic jams, despite roadblocks operated by paramilitary forces carrying Kalashnikov rifles.

He was desperate to get to Kandahar despite roadblocks by the Taliban and by bandits, and he talked about putting on a burka and thus disguising himself as a woman.

"The Republican leadership is so eager to pass Graham-Cassidy that they're scuttling a balanced, bipartisan negotiation". Many Democrats, including Murray, said they hoped the talks could still be salvaged despite roadblocks from Republicans.

But they managed to take it from the abbey, load it into a car and successfully head north back across the border despite roadblocks and searches.

Walker ruled for the plaintiffs, despite roadblocks erected by the government.

Despite the roadblocks, women made their mark.

Yet despite the roadblocks, organic tea production could be moving closer to the norm in a country that produces more tea than any other except China.

Despite the roadblocks caused by the court's ruling, Mr Holder is pushing back, aggressively seeking to protect voting rights in multiple venues.

Israel, he said, is a "tiny, tiny, small country," vulnerable to suicide bombers and other attackers who, despite existing roadblocks, manage to slip across porous borders from the West Bank.

But blacks, Alexander said, don't have the social networks whites do to help them find jobs despite these roadblocks.

The reason, Alexander says, is that blacks don't have the social networks whites do to help them find jobs despite these roadblocks.