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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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stumbling block
A stumbling block is a term used to describe an obstacle or hindrance that prevents progress, achievement, or completion of a task. It can be a particular issue, problem, situation or even a person that makes it difficult to achieve a goal or overcome a challenge. The term is often used figuratively to refer to any kind of barrier or difficulty one might face on the way to success.
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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
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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.
There are complicating factors in connection with the negotiations that are ongoing, in part that involve some of the law enforcement organizations at the national level trying to torpedo the progress that has been made. And that’s quite unfortunate because we can’t have a situation where a genuine bipartisan effort to achieve police accountability, it’s actually written by those police organizations that we’re trying to hold accountable — that makes zero sense. And so this is an obstacle and a stumbling block, but not an unsurprising one, because we always knew that it would exist and I still believe that it can be overcome as part of the effort to transform policing in America.
You've got a company like Western Union, which has been around for longer than most people have been alive, and they trust that method, that's a huge stumbling block for Bitcoin acceptance.
It's problematic for us to make that commitment at this point in time. It's certainly a stumbling block (to a deal), the entire prosperity of the world has been built on cheap energy. And suddenly we are being forced into higher cost energy. That's grossly unfair.
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.
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