obstacle

“The through line connecting many of Mr. Musk’s decisions appears to be self-enrichment and avoiding what he perceives as obstacles to advancing his interests.”

EY said the US tariffs on the UK and other countries are expected to create a significant obstacle for UK exports.

In places deep in the tunnel, water shoots so forcefully from the floor or the wall that workers have affectionately named these soaking obstacles “the fire hose” and “the car wash.”

There may be only one subject on which Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy agree: Trump is an obstacle they must navigate around, but on critical issues of war and peace he is useless.

Given the obstacles faced by taxonomic research and researchers and to the planet, we didn't have that long left.