as in obstacle
something that makes movement or progress difficult
the shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons
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as in binds
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house
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as in hampers
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
shackled by poverty and ignorance
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Noun
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Discrediting the science As the industry’s recruitment of spokespeople aimed to stem the tide of local gas bans, SoCalGas faced another obstacle: Mounting research that revealed the harmful health effects of gas stoves.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025 -
There is a path to preventing such a wrong turn, even if the path is strewn with obstacles and is uphill all the way.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Specifically, researchers could use AI models to determine how specifically and potently the drug binds to known and unknown targets, the level of these targets in the body, how concentrated the drug becomes in healthy and diseased tissues, and the drug’s structural properties.—
Christian Macedonia,
The Conversation,
3 Jan. 2025
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The carbon monoxide in smoke binds to the hemoglobin in your red blood cells, displacing oxygen, so your heart and brain get less oxygen.—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
2 Jan. 2025
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Fetterman is a co-sponsor of the Laken Riley Act — an immigration bill aimed at curbing crime by migrants — which cleared its first hurdle toward passage in the Senate last week, when 33 Senate Democrats voted with Republicans in the 84-9 vote Thursday.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
13 Jan. 2025
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One persistent hurdle is maintaining staff engagement in a high-turnover industry.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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According to reports, Rocko, born Rodney Ramone Hill Jr., was arrested last month and charged with disorderly conduct, misdemeanor willful obstruction of law enforcement officials, and criminal trespass.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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Trump was ultimately charged with four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of an official proceeding.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Nothing ever impedes Andrew’s upgrade to human status.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, this impedes the creative process and results in an uneven end product.—
Jerry Weissman,
Forbes,
22 Nov. 2024
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Some warned that British forces were vulnerable to the same embarrassment as their American allies, who were tarred in 2010 by the leaking of military logs documenting six years of the Afghanistan war by WikiLeaks, the antisecrecy group established by Julian Assange.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The irony, of course, is that the source of the embarrassment is Trump.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Her Taiwanese heritage and my Swedish background have cemented a foundation that grows and flourishes beyond all barriers, cherishing what SoCal and the world have to offer.—
Claës Nordenskiöld,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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The localizer is a barrier at the end of the runway that helps with aircraft landings and was blamed for exacerbating the crash’s severity.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune Asia,
11 Jan. 2025
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President-elect Trump’s legal team submitted a written opposition Friday to the Georgia Supreme Court over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s request to have the state’s high court review her removal from the former president’s 2020 election interference case.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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McDuffie was called for pass interference five times and Jones was called for offsides five times.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Shackles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shackles. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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