Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
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However the appeal process was a necessary check on power, he said.
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If travelling today, remember to check the current weather & road conditions.
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It said work is under way to check generators and power lines.
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Power Age communities have grown far beyond the check of individual experience.
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U.S. jobs data kept the U.S. stock market move in check, however.
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British Open: Each year, the statistic becomes a greater handicap than ever.
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He has discovered quickly that in international management a handicap system applies.
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Another small victory in the human-robot race, with the necessary handicap applied.
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Many women handicap other women; and they handicap them in multifarious ways.
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NOTE: Numbers in brackets are the official handicap ratings for each horse.
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We might want to think about another possible hindrance to our plans.
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Some are free from hindrance and in the power of the will.
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The absence of help was in this case a very positive hindrance.
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The young man meant well, but his presence could be a hindrance.
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The party, however, did not succeed in crossing the market-place without hindrance.
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Healthcare costs are also a major impediment to job growth, he said.
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Tougher rules for the financial sector overall may also be an impediment.
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The Greek Government had put no impediment in the way of arbitration.
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Sure, concern about data privacy is an impediment to luring shoppers online.
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The impediment made the car swerve and it ran into a lamp-post.
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The Trident nuclear deterrent has taken centre stage in the independence debate.
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Corruption is a major deterrent to private sector investment in the economy.
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American strength, both military and economic, is the best deterrent, Trump said.
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American strength, both military and economic, is the best deterrent, he said.
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Many smaller firms, however, view the plan as a deterrent to business.
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Women balk, thrusting their children behind them; some try again to escape.
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Biden wanted to make sure the most visible general would not balk.
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Would he really balk at using the protomolecule to further his agenda?
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Or perhaps forever, if he didn't balk at mass executions and torture.
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If asked the courses, I balk after the recital of the soup.
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She projected an amazing strength, even gagged and chained to the rafter.
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Judith cackled, gasped, and suddenly, horribly, let out a blood-curdling, rafter-quaking scream.
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She relaxed and stretched in a yawn, hitting a rafter of cork.
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He tried to imagine Emily walking the big rafter in the barn.
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She gripped the rafter in both hands, raising it like a club.
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These verses are a proof that business was not the hinderance
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With the aid of the holy Church, no hinderanceisinsuperable.
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This is a great hinderancetothe receiving of truth, and very prejudicial.
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Yet such hinderancetorest brought a refreshment all its own.
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Her papers are all right, and she may go on without further hinderance
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Many politicians may baulk when they see what the plans actually cost.
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Mountain bikers power along ledges that a mountain goat might baulk at.
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A mountainous and distasteful task, yet she did not baulk at it.
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And many Asian clients baulk at paying much, if anything, for advice.
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Oh, James was too much of a gentleman to baulk and run.
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Then, almost with tears, I entreated him not to baulk my purpose.
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I would baulk at their first question: why do you want to know?
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They will not baulk at fighting to prevent him being taken.
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Anyone not reading past the headline might baulk at the suggestion.
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Where others might baulk, you'll find that you possess the cool objectivity needed.
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So close it seems and only the weather to baulk us.
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Nay, if it cost me my soul, I will not baulk my vengeance.
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Why, then I should baulk your dream, which is either true or false.
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Who will baulk me if I have a mind to quarrel over it?
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But I'll never baulk ye-it'llbe a hard-bittenterrier that will worry Dandie!
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However; it's possible that you may baulk at making a final or formal commitment.
