How to Use stumbling block in a Sentence
stumbling block
noun
- Lack of funds is a major stumbling block to the project.
- My plans hit a stumbling block.
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That’s what could be the stumbling block for the record.
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Tom Maxwell,
Longreads,
16 Mar. 2021
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That has been a stumbling block for the Lakers in the past.
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Tania Ganguli,
latimes.com,
23 June 2018
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The thought of air travel is the first stumbling block.
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Alison Humes and Matthew King,
WSJ,
16 Oct. 2020
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The strength of police unions has been the main stumbling block for change.
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John Laidler,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Aug. 2022
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Schwartz thinks that might prove to be a stumbling block.
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David Cox /,
NBC News,
25 June 2018
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But the question of how to pay for it may be a stumbling block.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2021
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What is likely the stumbling block is the length, just one year.
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oregonlive,
10 June 2020
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That could be a stumbling block in getting the deal to the finish line.
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Skyler Swisher,
sun-sentinel.com,
22 Apr. 2021
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Until now France and the Netherlands were the stumbling blocks.
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The Economist,
12 June 2019
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Aries March 21 – April 19 Your ego might be a stumbling block at present.
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Tarot.com,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2024
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Of course that became a kind of a stumbling block for a lot of people.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Sep. 2024
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Its first stumbling block is the forces required to perform it — the same thing that drew Yankovskaya to the opera in the first place.
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Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Nov. 2022
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Of course that is only a small stumbling block for physics.
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Rhett Allain,
WIRED,
1 June 2018
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But the films themselves may have been the biggest stumbling block.
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Smithsonian,
28 Feb. 2018
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Just look at it as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.
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Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2023
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And right now, this lack of fear could be a real stumbling block for the Biden campaign.
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Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
19 June 2024
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But training these AIs to do their tasks has been a big stumbling block.
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IEEE Spectrum,
15 Mar. 2023
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So, this is not viewed as a major stumbling block this year.
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Edith M. Lederer,
ajc,
26 Aug. 2022
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No deals have yet been signed, though, for there is a stumbling block: money.
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The Economist,
30 Sep. 2017
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Scale is arguably the biggest stumbling block for Too Good To Go.
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Julian Chokkattu,
Wired,
20 Jan. 2022
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The poll threshold was the stumbling block for Booker and Castro.
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Gilbert Garcia,
ExpressNews.com,
21 Dec. 2019
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There is, however, the potential of a stumbling block in terms of the fee for Lukaku.
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SI.com,
24 June 2018
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One big potential stumbling block is what's known as the cold chain.
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Maggie Fox,
CNN,
15 Sep. 2020
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However, the release clause may not prove to be too much of a stumbling block for the mega-rich likes of the Premier League.
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SI.com,
11 Oct. 2017
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Perhaps one of the biggest stumbling blocks to such a move is the fate of the UConn football program since the Big East does not support the sport.
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Matt Murschel,
orlandosentinel.com,
22 June 2019
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One of the biggest stumbling blocks was that the concession would be good for only 10 years.
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BostonGlobe.com,
14 May 2020
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The biggest stumbling block isn’t the overall number, but how to pay for all that spending.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2021
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The stumbling block, which the law does not address, is getting drug companies to release doses of medicines that are still being tested and may be in short supply.
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Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
20 Jan. 2024
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