obstructor
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obstructors
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He told Bell he'd like to see Priebus tell the obstructor, Virginia's Bob Goodlatte, to "stop blocking the bill."
From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016
He had to contend against treachery, desertion and want, but rose above all these obstacles, and proved himself the most powerful obstructor that the British columns had to encounter in South Africa.
From In the Shadow of Death by Kritzinger, P. H.
The great obstructor of the Queen's bounty was removed, and Spenser might hope that now, at last, the hour of his prosperity was come.
From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund
Amid such cries of virtuous indignation, Fisher minor was hauled in, and his obstructor, by the same coup de main, excluded.
From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Reed, Talbot Baines
On this the curé agreed to marry the young couple next day at ten: and the professional obstructor of bliss went home with Gerard's angel.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
A few of her presumed obstructors cannot be named here for legal reasons.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016
Arulpragasam keeps a Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy-style list in her head, identifying potential enemies, obstructors.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016
These are obstructors by construction No. 1; they must have been several thousands in number.
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore
Teddy rushed through the crowd, pushing obstructors aside, and hurled himself through the window into the burning car.
From The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
He did battle with the polite requirements, as a man must; shaking hands or exchanging a word with one and another of the obstructors only as he had to.
From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis
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