Definition of "obstacles" []

• Plural form of obstacle. (noun)

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• "The speaker of the parliament, Dr. Ayad al Samarrai, said at a news conference that the parliament had resolved 90 percent of what he called obstacles -- including allowing Iraqis to vote directly for individual candidates, not just party lists -- but that lawmakers remained deadlocked over how January's scheduled parliamentary elections should be conducted in oil-rich northern Kirkuk province."
• "How the characters react to the crisis, how they solve the puzzle despite obstacles, is what interests me."
• "One of the main obstacles to a 60 vote Democratic majority allowing 51 Senators to pass legislation is Joe Lieberman, who lost his Democratic primary, and then won re-election anyway with largely Republican and independent voters."