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stum·bling block
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Princeton's WordNet
stumbling blocknoun
any obstacle or impediment
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stumbling blocknoun
A hindrance, obstacle or impediment.
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Stumbling block
A stumbling block or scandal in the Bible, or in politics (including history), is a metaphor for a behaviour or attitude that leads another to sin or to destructive behaviour.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stumbling block in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stumbling block in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of stumbling block in a Sentence
The reporting of the results and circumstances surrounding the 2020 Iowa Democratic Party caucuses were unacceptable. As chair of the party, I apologize deeply for this, the bottom line is that we hit a stumbling block on the back end of the reporting of the data, but the one thing I want you to know, we know this data is accurate.
Ukraine has done really well. And, obviously, for Vladimir Putin, that has been a stumbling block, and Vladimir Putin needed to create a narrative that, ‘ If you want to go with the west, look what's what is going to happen to you, you are not going to have a successful country, and the west is not going to help you either. a successful Ukraine is a nail in the coffin of Putin’s regime.
The bottom line is that we hit a stumbling block on the back end of the reporting of the data, but the one thing I want you to know, we know this data is accurate.
The liberation of Mosul will have to be done by the Iraqi army and local tribes ... the Iraqi army will come from the south and Baiji is the first stumbling block as long as Daesh (Islamic State) is lodged there.
The bottom line is that we hit a stumbling block on the back end of the reporting of the data, but the one thing I want you to know : We know this data is accurate.
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