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Definition of Obstacles
1. obstacle [n] - See also: obstacle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstacles
Literary usage of Obstacles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"It has had to make its way against innumerable obstacles; and to some of these
obstacles the reader is asked now to give his attention. ..."
2. Annual Report (1911)
"... have many obstacles to meet, especially the opposition of the Buddhist priests,
who are strong in the land, and opposed to the spread of Christianity ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Nat Munie U 8:298-305 Je '19 obstacles to vice repression. ... Nat Munie R 7:
437-8 Jl '18 Tuberose obstacles to reform in New York ,c'ity. W: H. Allen. ..."
4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"Their offer of abundant labor forces wages down, and they are prevented from
making their way to the more favored groups by the obstacles of environment and ..."
5. Report by Indians Rights Association (1904)
"John J. Fitzgerald, member of Congress from Brooklyn, and member of the House
Committee on Indian Affairs, who was to speak upon the obstacles in the way of ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"All obstacles having been removed, the union of the Ruthenians with the Roman
Church was solemnly and publicly proclaimed in the Hall of Constantine in the ..."
7. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"So far as these obstacles are absent or are weakened, there will be a constant
endeavor to get out of the lowest group; hence a constant seepage into the ..."
8. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1857)
"... Classes—Switzerland—Courage — Liberty—Smaller Cantons—Italy— obstacles to the
Reform—Spain—obstacles — Portugal—France— Preparations—Disappointment—The ..."
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