Sentence examples for high roadblock from inspiring English sources

Alas, these candidates have traditionally experienced a high roadblock to career re-entry, regardless of whether or not supplemental skills were gained during the gap.

During the early stages of America's westward expansion, the Allegheny Ridge posed a 2,500 ft high roadblock between the Eastern Seaboard and the frontier.

While hopes for the bill were high, several roadblocks likely remain, most notably opposition from congressional Republicans, who were said to be putting together an alternative plan to save the industry.

KIGALI, Rwanda -- Cindy McCain's first visit to this country, in 1994, was during the high season of roadblocks and machetes and shallow graves.

Once he was in Canada, however, he would hit another roadblock in high school.

The newspaper reported that Mr. Gilman then tried to drive through the roadblock at high speed.

The strategy of closing failing high schools hit another roadblock in New York City in March when a judge blocked Chancellor Klein's plan to close 19 additional schools for poor performance.

Reformers will continue to view teachers' unions as the greatest roadblock to higher student achievement.

But just as Parisians were striving to steady their nerves and come to terms with Wednesday's murder of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices, reports spread that the suspects were heading back to Paris at high speed, and new roadblocks were set up at the main routes into the city.

So it's likely that the differences in their personalities, backgrounds, and business tactics will be critical factors in deciding who is the first to overcome the roadblocks–including high costs, lack of mass-production standards, and performance kinks that stand between them and the lucrative markets they both envision.

When you hit roadblocks in high school and then college, how did you respond?